The Shift
I remember it like it was yesterday. It is still so vividly locked in my memory. God confronted me with Himself, the reality of Jesus, and the fact that I could not live for Him out of my strength and be good enough. He took away my chief argument for why I couldn’t be a Christian, and I surrendered to His wisdom and His call to believe.
From that moment, everything began to change without my trying to make it so. It was so incredible. Things that were once appealing to me had suddenly lost their appeal. I was a different person. I wasn’t waking up each day saying I would be different; I just was a new and different person.
On my way home that day, while driving, I noticed the blue sky and the birds singing, and joy filled my heart. Things I could not appreciate or be thankful for suddenly grabbed my attention, and my heart rejoiced.
The Bible describes this phenomenon.
2Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
I had come to know Jesus Christ. I was born again by the power of the Holy Spirit at work. Before I hit the floor that day, all I could think about was myself; when I got up off that floor, my eyes noticed many things that I was blind to. I was different.
I knew that I had encountered God and that He had changed me by convincing me of my need for Jesus.
I was made aware by the Holy Spirit of my need to seek the Lord daily, aware of how great a privilege it is to know Him.
Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
When He comes, which I am certain will be soon, I will be caught up to meet Him in the air as promised in His word. In the meantime, I aim to share the good news of Him with others and encourage others in their walk with Him.
I am convinced there is no better way to live than to live as a believer in Jesus, aware of being in Him and having Him alive in me. Having this shift occur is a wonderful and beautiful way to live. I trust you have experienced the shift that occurs from being born again; if not, may I implore you to believe Jesus died for your sins, was raised the third day from the grave, ascended on high, and is coming again soon. May I encourage you to believe and confess to someone that Jesus is Lord? Knowing Him brings a shift!
