What comes to mind when you think of new life? The
incredible blessing of babies being born? New growth of plants in the landscape
in spring? These indeed are gifts of new life given to us here on earth.
But what about being reborn? Being made new. Inside of you.
In your heart, in your mind, and in your outlook.
We all have an opportunity for God to work in our lives and
change our perspective. Before this can happen, though, I believe we need to
submit our lives to him.
For many people, giving up the wheel to let God steer is a scary
proposition. But if we think we have it all under control on our own, we are
misleading ourselves. Submission to God’s plan for our lives is an act of
obedience. We acknowledge we really can’t do this on our own, and understand
that He has a better plan for us.
This Sunday we are planting spring bulbs with our Sunday
school children. We will talk about the promise of new life hidden inside the
bulb and how, with the right conditions, the bulb will begin to grow in the
spring and will produce a beautiful flower. The flowers will be there for all
to see and admire God’s hand in creation.
Through trusting God that the bulb will grow and produce a
flower, we can see how trusting God to work in our lives can produce something
new in us, too. When we submit to his greater authority, and trust that He has
our very best interest at heart, we can hope for new life or a new direction in
our thinking.
Sometimes the changes are dramatic, and sometimes they
subtly sneak up on us as we realize we are seeing things a little bit
differently. There may be a great hurdle in your life that you need to
overcome. Or you may just need an attitude adjustment to open your heart to see
the world a little bit more through God’s eyes.
When we are open to have the Creator of new life work
within us, great changes can be made. And hopefully, our light will shine for
all to see the beauty of God’s creation in us. 
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