From Above

Everyone knows John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.”

These words come after a conversation with the pharisee Nicodemus about attaining eternal life. Jesus claims that for this to happen “You must be born from above.”

It’s not just about belief! It is, about a complete re-orientation of our life and our living. It’s about new life! It’s about connection! It’s about love! For as John says, “God is love and those who live in love, live in God.” It’s about loving our way into the heart of God. That is where God lives. That is where eternal life resides. Not in a heaven light-years away but here and now. In feeding the love in our hearts we are being nurtured as new-borns in God.