Chosen for the Altar Series – 1

Born Again

To serve God on the altar is a glorious thing, but there are many people who have doubts about if they truly have a calling to serve God on the altar or if it is just an emotion. Through this series of ten articles you will be able to analyze well and make your own conclusion.

To begin with we are going to talk about being born again, a requirement for those who truly want to serve God on the altar and help those who are suffering. We should not confuse being blessed with being born again, because blessings are conquered though faith and it isn’t necessary to be born of God to receive blessings, anyone who uses their faith can conquer these benefits.

I remember when I came to the church, I began to read the Word of God and to understand the meetings, and with that my eyes were open and I accepted the Word and I converted to it. I received miracles like most you know through my testimony, but my encounter with God didn’t occur until almost two years later.

Being Born again is something that happens inside of you, when you really change from inside and you feel strong, and you no longer feel doubts and fear, or sadness in your heart, the Holy Spirit is with you and that assurance no one can take it away from you, because only you know the you before and the you after this encounter.

Don’t be fooled if you have been blessed or if you have changed in certain things because if your thoughts and actions, your bad desires and the sadness continues, then you haven’t been born again just yet.

The person who has not been born of God yet doesn’t have the spiritual structure to serve God on the altar; he or she will not be able to handle the fire of the Work of God. When that person goes through the desserts and the difficulties he or she will want to give up and leave it all behind.

That’s why we sometimes hear the phrase “this wasn’t what I was expecting, I thought it would be different, this isn’t for me.” The person who says this never truly had a calling to serve God on the altar because this person maybe was imagining something that was pleasing to his or her will and never really knew the meaning of surrendering, so they will never be happy or feel complete. Those who are chosen for the altar are aware that they no longer have their own lives, their life is to save souls, to serve God, those who are not ready to do these things cannot serve God on the altar.

If you have the desire to serve God on the altar, but you haven’t had a true encounter with God yet, then get to work, start seeking, leaving everything that doesn’t please God behind and be ready.

“Jesus answered, Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit” John 3:5