You Must Be Born Again

A cool thing happened to me the other night; I was reminded once again of how dependent I am upon the Spirit to know and understand God. Again, this happened while I was delivering Chinese food. I had a break and was reading John 3 where Jesus tells Nicodemus, "unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God". Jesus reiterates this a couple of verses later saying, "You must be born again". Then Jesus goes on to speak of the Spirit's sovereignty in regeneration. As I was reading this, the song from the Valley of Vision CD was playing, "Who Made Me to Know You". What a cool moment it was for me, as I am reading those amazing words that I must be born again, this song is proclaiming, "Who made me to know you but you... Thank you, Father, for the Spirit's work in me, for opening my eyes to the Christ of Calvary"... What a good place we are in, fellow believers, for the Spirit has chosen to act upon us, regenerate us, and cause us to see Christ! Without the Spirit's enlightenment, all of this would be folly to us (1 Cor. 2:14).