When I was little I wished I had lived in the Old Testament. I can’t believe I used to wish that! Without dishonoring the church I grew up in or the great spiritual upbringing I received, I desired to live in the Old Testament because there was something integral missing in my spiritual life, and I felt it.
When I say I desired to live in the Old Testament, it was because to me that was the time of signs and wonders and where God most clearly revealed Himself and spoke most powerfully. I desired to see, hear, and do the things I read about, and for some reason assumed those things had ended.
Boy, was I wrong. I am so glad I don’t live in the Old Testament under the Old Covenant of law. I am so glad I live in the New Testament under the New Covenant of extravagant grace. How did I ever assume God would have revealed Himself in more exciting and powerful ways before Jesus came? How does most of the church still assume God revealed Himself in more exciting and powerful ways before The Bible was done?
I don’t know. But here’s what I do know: I was wrong about a lot of things. This is the most exciting time to be alive. This is the time of His most marvelous signs and wonders. This is the time when He is speaking most powerfully and revealing to us the most about Himself. I’ve begun to look to the New Testament to see what my life should look like now. And by His Spirit it does – thank God!!!
Are you living the abundant life Jesus talks about in John 10:10? Its time to see and experience life in the Kingdom the way God designed it!
