November 30

When one has received the blessed gift of redemption from Christ by accepting His propitiatory life, death, and resurrection in ones own behalf, a new day dawns. Where there was once darkness, there is glorious light. Where there was once despair, there is hope. Where there was sorrow, there is joy.

The transformation is so profound that it is referred to in the scriptures as a new birth. The Lord Himself said, “You must be born again…” Indeed, without this new birth, without this awakening from the dark night of sin, one… “cannot see the Kingdom of God” John 3:3.

This new life is at once an improved version of the life one had been living all along while at the same time being a life that has transcended the temporal and reached the realm of the eternal. It is a life that requires continued attention to the needs of the physical but is now focused on God’s provision of the spiritual.

In Galatians 2:20 it says, “The life I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God who loves me and gave Himself for me.” Once seeing the magnitude of the provision Jesus has made for man’s eternal well-being, the Light of His love forever dispels the darkness. For the one who believes, eternity has dawned.