It occurred to me that, as Christians, we are the ultimate immigrants, seeking for citizenship in the better country. We knew that our starting point was not meeting our needs...we needed to cross a border the acceptable way to find acceptance in the better land. We may have tried to cross illegally through our own efforts...or by holding onto the old life while also trying to walk in new ways. But nothing worked until we allowed His grace to first cross the barrier that stood in our own heart...the barrier of pride. Once that wall was breached and we knew His presence personally we found the doorway to the place we'd aspired to.
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Paul puts it like this in Ephesians at the end of chapter 2:
18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
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He must first cross our "wall" before we enter His gates.
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much love,
Rob Smith
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"Death is inevitable. Life is a choice!"
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."
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