Twice in the Bible we read that
Holy Spirit hovered over water. The first time was right at the
beginning of the Bible before Creation:
"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void and
darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was
hovering over the face of the waters." Genesis 1:1, 2
The second time was with Jesus'
baptism:
"When He had been baptized,
Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens
were opened to Him and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a
dove and alighting upon Him." Matthew 3:16
The Spirit descending upon waters
yet again was a symbol that a second creation was starting. Jesus'
coming was to give us access into the Second Creation. I have
written a whole book about it called The Second Creation. But today
I would just like to highlight that this is what Jesus came to do.
He came to bring an end to the old and to start the new of which we
can all be part of. All that we need to do is to repent of our sin
and accept Him into our lives as our Lord and Savior. It is as
simple as that. Then we are part of the second creation, and we can
start living for the fullness of His Kingdom now already.
This Christmas we need to remind
ourselves yet again that His coming gave us access into the new. We
are born again, no matter what has happened to us in the past, no
matter what we have done, the old is gone and we are part of the
new:
"For we are God's masterpiece.
He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good
things that He planned for us long ago." Ephesians 2:10
"What this means is that those
who become Christians, become new persons. They are not the same
anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun! All this
newness of life is from God, who brought us back to Himself through
what Christ did." 2 Corinthians 5:17,18
"For if by one man's offense
death reigned through the one, much more those who receive
abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in
life through the One, Jesus Christ." Romans 5:17
We are new, because Jesus came. We
are His masterpiece, we can do the good things that He has planned
for us, a new life has begun, and we can reign in life through
Jesus Christ! That is why the angels told the shepherds the night
Jesus was born:
"I bring you good tidings of
great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you
this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."
Luke 2:10, 11
Good tidings of great joy! And
indeed it was and still is, great joy. The night Jesus was born was
the most joyous night ever. The old was about to end and the new
was about to come! I shudder to think where we would be today if
Jesus never came. Let's not rather go there. Let's focus this
Christmas on the great joy that it brought into our lives!
Good things that He planned for us
lies ahead.
We can walk tall as His
masterpiece.
A new life filled with zoe life
lies ahead of us.
We can reign in life, in every
aspect of our lives.
We can walk this journey close to
God as the way to Him has been opened.
Hallelujah! Let us rejoice this
Christmas in all the blessings that He has brought us! The Bible is
full of it. Open your Bible today and rejoice in all the goodness
Jesus came to give us!
Thank you Jesus for coming to
rescue us from an old creation on its way to destruction. Thank you
for giving us access into the glorious second creation of which we
are part of. All glory to You in the Highest for making this
possible for us! We love You and honor You and praise You. Amen