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| The spirit unfolds within us |
Verses: John 3 : 14 - 20
My thoughts about the verses:
The spirit of God unfolds in these verses. Just like a butterfly ready to take flight we can see how Jesus unfolds his spirit within us. The Spirit is fresh and new waiting to fly within us and to lift us to a new life. A life that is full of endless light. A beauty we cannot truly imagine. Yet, how many of us understand how much of the Hebrew scriptures were fulfilled by these verses. The fact is that Jesus is compared to the snake that Moses lifted in the dessert. How ironic that this is the comparison made by Jesus right before the reason for the saviors birth is told.
How many times have we skipped over this verse maybe it is too hard for us to take because when we think of serpents we think of them being sneaky and foul. We think of the spirit of Jesus as that of a butterfly flirting within the wind. Yet, here is where Jesus shows that he is replacing all of the promises made to the Hebrews.
Think back to this story of Moses. The people were becoming inpatient. Moses had gone up the mountain to get the commandments, the people's link with God. God made the people very ill, but Moses begged for the forgiveness of the Parent. God told him to make serpents and raise in the air those that would trust and look upon it would not perish.
Now Jesus is saying that he was replacing the serpent that was raised that day to save the lives of God's people. That they must put their whole trust in the saving grace of God and they would find the salvation they desired. Just like Moses lifting the serpent it is the people's decision to accept that Christ would do the healing.
I also feel that a serpent was used to show that the deeds of Satan would be stomped out by the power of God. That the salvation would cleanse all things that happened before Christ's arrival. That it would also carry forward to our time.
So in reality there are two serpents to choose from. The two serpents serve two purposes one leads to eternal life the other to eternal life. Those that choose the first serpent will face an eternity of darkness. Their hearts will always long for peace, but due to their choices they will never find it. Yet, those that choose the second serpent will have their sickness removed. They will be healed of all faults they will become a light unto the world which is what God desires from all of us.
Prayer:
God you are amazing. You are the light that we so need in our life. We thank you for providing us a way of recovering from all the ills of the world. We ask that you open our hearts and minds. May we accept the light and new life that you want to freely give to us.
Questions:
Have you opened your heart to the spirit of new life? Have you looked up to the risen savior and asked for Christ to enter your heart? Are there things that you need to leave at the bottom of the cross? Are there things that must be nailed into the cross that you have left in your life? Is today the day that you turn it all over to God? Are you willing to transform into the butterfly that Jesus gives you through the gift of the Holy Spirit?
My thoughts about the verses:
The spirit of God unfolds in these verses. Just like a butterfly ready to take flight we can see how Jesus unfolds his spirit within us. The Spirit is fresh and new waiting to fly within us and to lift us to a new life. A life that is full of endless light. A beauty we cannot truly imagine. Yet, how many of us understand how much of the Hebrew scriptures were fulfilled by these verses. The fact is that Jesus is compared to the snake that Moses lifted in the dessert. How ironic that this is the comparison made by Jesus right before the reason for the saviors birth is told.
How many times have we skipped over this verse maybe it is too hard for us to take because when we think of serpents we think of them being sneaky and foul. We think of the spirit of Jesus as that of a butterfly flirting within the wind. Yet, here is where Jesus shows that he is replacing all of the promises made to the Hebrews.
Think back to this story of Moses. The people were becoming inpatient. Moses had gone up the mountain to get the commandments, the people's link with God. God made the people very ill, but Moses begged for the forgiveness of the Parent. God told him to make serpents and raise in the air those that would trust and look upon it would not perish.
Now Jesus is saying that he was replacing the serpent that was raised that day to save the lives of God's people. That they must put their whole trust in the saving grace of God and they would find the salvation they desired. Just like Moses lifting the serpent it is the people's decision to accept that Christ would do the healing.
I also feel that a serpent was used to show that the deeds of Satan would be stomped out by the power of God. That the salvation would cleanse all things that happened before Christ's arrival. That it would also carry forward to our time.
So in reality there are two serpents to choose from. The two serpents serve two purposes one leads to eternal life the other to eternal life. Those that choose the first serpent will face an eternity of darkness. Their hearts will always long for peace, but due to their choices they will never find it. Yet, those that choose the second serpent will have their sickness removed. They will be healed of all faults they will become a light unto the world which is what God desires from all of us.
Prayer:
God you are amazing. You are the light that we so need in our life. We thank you for providing us a way of recovering from all the ills of the world. We ask that you open our hearts and minds. May we accept the light and new life that you want to freely give to us.
Questions:
Have you opened your heart to the spirit of new life? Have you looked up to the risen savior and asked for Christ to enter your heart? Are there things that you need to leave at the bottom of the cross? Are there things that must be nailed into the cross that you have left in your life? Is today the day that you turn it all over to God? Are you willing to transform into the butterfly that Jesus gives you through the gift of the Holy Spirit?
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