Yes, today is my birthday and thanks to Facebook, I get more birthday wishes than I could have ever imagined. I've passed all the milestone birthdays that people generally celebrate (without wishing they were at 29 and holding!) so it really isn't a big deal to me. But it does make me think about my real birthday--June 2, 1998--the day I was born-again.
On that day, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I was attending the funeral of a friend's father and Pastor Gary Hayden shared the Gospel during the service and extended an invitation to allow Christ into my heart. The God-sized hole in my heart that I poured so many other things into was finally filled.
My life changed that day, but in reality God had been working on me for years. I was like millions of others who believed in God but didn't know Jesus. I stumbled around through life, convincing myself that I was basically a good person and rationalizing that my sins weren't the really bad ones and God would accept me based on my own distorted standards. Looking back, I can remember hearing the Gospel but refusing to accept the truth that I needed to be born-again. I know that other believers prayed for my salvation. I know that God put people in my path and worked events in my life to bring me to my spiritual birthday. I know that the angels in Heaven rejoiced that day as one more lost soul came home to the Father.
No matter how old you are, the day you accepted Jesus Christ and became birthed into the family of God is a day worth celebrating. Remember it. Rejoice in it. And go share it with someone who needs a birthday of their own.
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