A newborn cries out at the conversion from womb to world. Being born again isn’t such a drastic change. The spirit is gentle and kind and does not want to scare you away. He is more of a whisper than a shout.

1 Kings 19:11-12 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

If you learn His voice, He will give you direction in life.

Isaiah 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Like all newborns, you are born into a new world full of wonders and bewilderments and the language is strange to you. You are now born in the spirit, with new eyes and new ears. Your tendancy is to close them for the brightness and return to that other more familiar world.

Isaiah 35:5-7 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

Matthew 11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

We have talked about being lost and what that means. We have talked of God’s provision for sin. We have talked about faith and grace. If you yearn for the love of God and this relationship you have been missing, if you have that hunger, then eat the bread of life.

Obviously you cannot literally eat, but you can spiritually eat. Opening up your broken heart and asking Jesus to come in by His Spirit to fill the emptiness, that longing for relationship and committing to this covenant contract is done by God by His Spirit.

John 3:5-8 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

At this time I must introduce another word not yet used, trust. Up until the time of your choice in accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and asking Him into your heart, the Holy Spirit has been an external force. Like the wind you have a sense of His presence but it was external. The internal Spirit, becoming born again in the Spirit is a whole different matter and in the beginning you will just have to trust He is there until you become adjusted to this new life in Christ.