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Previous Daily Devotional
About acceptance and being born again…
Matthew 1:20 …because what is conceived in her is
from the Holy Spirit. (NIV)
In Joseph's dream sequence in this story of Christ's birth,
the focus of the story goes from Joseph to the message from the angel. What is clear in
the words of this verse is that Mary is now carrying a child of God rather than a child of
man. When the Holy Spirit touched Mary, a new person, a person of God, a person that was
both human and God was conceived. Remarkably, when you let the Holy Spirit touch you,
within you a new person is conceived and when you turn away from your human nature of sin
and turn toward Christ hanging upon the Cross, a new person will be born. In the Christian
faith we call your second birth process, being reborn or being born again. The parallels
between the conception of Christ within Mary and the conception of a new person within you
at the touch of the Holy Spirit are profound. In you, when you are reborn, a new person
emerges at the behest of the Holy Spirit. In the Christmas story course of events, Mary
was willing to accept the will of God in these matters. Joseph, who was more than a minor
player in this story, was also willing to accept the will of God in these matters. You
too, when your day of being born again comes about, must be willing to accept the will of
God in all matters.
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