There is a profound and inexplicable transformation that occurs after we begin to allow Christ to rule us, and I think it is under-appreciated and little recognized, even by ourselves. Why would anyone give up their sinful nature willingly, other than through the power of Christ? Why would anyone even recognize that their nature is sinful? Do we really look at ourselves and our fellow believers and acknowledge what Christ alone has done? I know I forget all the time.
And then there is the more familiar sort of miracle, the kind where your jar of rice just doesn't seem to go empty when you have no money but there are kids to feed; or when the sick are suddenly healed although they were on the brink.
All of these metamorphoses - from sinner to saint, from empty to full, from dying to living - surround us, and ought to be an integral part of our existence. Yet do we even allow them to happen? Or do we just go ahead and take care of everything ourselves?
We make all of these rules and laws to keep ourselves good, moral, safe, protected; but do we allow God to instead lead? Do we actually allow the Holy Spirit to move and guide us, so that God may work in the world and that others may see His glory and power?
