Rick -
How does one go from enmity against God to loving God ?
Does one believe they can choose God with their own will without God intervening ?
I believe a miracle happens to every believer from having enmity towards God to loving God.
If no man can boast why do we sometimes feel as if it's up to us to Finnish the race on our own ?
The first miracle in our life is to just have the ability to believe in the real Christ of the scriptures.
I'm so thankful that God did not leave any of this saving stuff up to me to figure out , all I really need to do is trust Him but even trusting in Christ is not only a miracle in itself but is to me a gift from God.
God bless.
How very True.
Please additionally note the following Truths about each of us:
1. At conception, God gave us the Miracle of Life.
2. During our life, He gives us His Miraculous steps we must all uniquely walk in; in order to experience the Tree of the knowledge of Good and of Evil (so we can in His Timing, desire to do Good).
3. When we die He Miraculously preserves our life essence.
4. Thereafter, in His own time of His Choosing for each and everyone of us, He will Miraculously Resurrect us as His Begotten Sons and Daughters (as unique Perfect Miraculous sinless Precious Gems).
And we have no say whatsoever in any of the above; as none of us:
- has a will that is free from His Causality,
- has a desire in our heart that was not caused,
- has a thought that happened by accident,
- said something that He did not Plan that we would say,
- did something that He did not preordain for us to do.
I believe this is True for all of us - in living our daily lives, each of us find ourselves:
- 'doing what we did not want to do',
- 'wondering why we did that',
- 'being amazed at the Good we just did',
- 'being utterly ashamed of the Evil we just did',
- 'wondering why did we say that',
- 'saying where did that come from',
- 'trying to explain to others we did not mean to say what we said',
- 'wondering why we did that', and
- 'wondering is all of our experiences absolutely necessary'.
Ultimately, I believe, we must all conclude that, as He is Perfect and He is in all the Details (Big and Small); all of our experiences (especially those we are ashamed of, or deem insignificant or unnecessary) are absolutely vital in order for us to ultimately be Like Him in His Image as His Beloved Sons and Daughters.
When I dwell on these things I am amazed where my mind takes me to.
George (one of uncountable Miracles of God).