May the mumbling commence!
Have you ever been in a circumstance where your native tongue was not being spoken? I think most people have. It takes a lot of effort… oftentimes for greatly diminishing rewards. Just imagine if we were freed up from all that effort! Imagine what we could do! God speaks that language – that mother tongue. Read from Romans chapter six (Peterson’s The Message paraphrase):
What we believe is this: If we get included in Christ’s sin-conquering death, we also get included in his life-saving resurrection. We know that when Jesus was raised from the dead it was a signal of the end of death-as-the-end. Never again will death have the last word. When Jesus died, he took sin down with him, but alive he brings God down to us. From now on, think of it this way: Sin speaks a dead language that means nothing to you; God speaks your mother tongue, and you hang on every word. You are dead to sin and alive to God. That’s what Jesus did. (Verses 8-10)
The language of Satan and sin is dead… death dealing. The language of God needs no translation, and it means life in a newer and fuller way. God has spoken through the work of Jesus. Death no longer has the final word.
Jesus, in his resurrection, brought God down to us. What a freeing and empowering thought! Let’s listen to the wonderful mother tongue of God’s speech deep within ourselves. We will be freed to do great things… to do godly things.
Praise the Lord!
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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