Nathan Stam
Children/Communications Pastor
Life can be hectic and the larger our family (and extended family) becomes the crazier it gets. Consequently, birthdays sneak up on you and you may find yourself occasionally having to improvise on the way to familial birthday parties. The other day we were driving and Kristi "repurposed" a birthday card. I won't mention any names. But I was intrigued about this whole "repurpose" idea and I so l looked it up in the dictionary. It literally means to convert for another purpose. To change.
We were born in the kingdom of Satan; in the domain of darkness. The Bible is clear about that awful truth. But on the Cross something happened. Something mysterious and magical and wonderful tangled up all at the same time. God worked out His Rescue Plan through the death of His Son when Jesus actually became sin for us. When the last breath left his lips and then three days later when air filled his lungs again.
So, here comes the change. The rumbling underneath your feet lets you know it's happening. The stirring of something special. Can you feel it? Like a stadium when your team is building momentum for the comeback of the century.
God rescued us and brought us into His Kingdom. We've been repurposed; again. Originally made in the image of the invisible (we're more than carbon and chemicals!) we've been converted as adopted sons and daughters of God. Called back to life. No longer do we live under the control of the prince of the power of the air, but we live instead for the glory of God. We live for the love of our Redeemer. And there's no going back to that dark pit from whence we were brought out!
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