Trust God's Transforming Power

If you’ve ever tried your hand at a backyard garden, you know it takes patience. You can stare at a plant for hours and see nothing, but a time-lapse video reveals the miracle — a seed sprouting, growing, and bearing fruit. Our spiritual transformation can feel slow, too, like watching a tree grow. But make no mistake, God does make the tree grow, and he brings new life to those who walk with him.

Let’s get into it and put our trust in God’s transforming power. We’ve seen that in following Jesus, we die to our old life and are buried with him in baptism. But what’s next? By the same power that raised Jesus from the grave, we rise to a new life. We are born again — of the Spirit — and everything starts fresh.