In the Womb

Throughout the New Testament the word "in", small though it is, reveals a tremendous truth: Christ in us; us in Christ. Jesus said, "I in you and you in Me." Malcolm Smith used the illustration of an embryo: The new life is within its mother; the mother's life flows through the embryo. What she eats nourishes; what she drinks gives the water of life. The infant grows and develops within the protective fluid of its mother's womb. What a beautiful illustration of Us in Him, Him in us-We, enclosed in the womb of God, nourished, bathed in protective water of the Spirit, nourished by the Spirit, connected by the Spirit to the Source of all things. The only difference is that we never leave that womb-we are always there, cared for and protected. Were we to leave, we would be independent and separate from the Source of that which we need to truly alive. In this sense, then, being born again is to return to the womb and to stay there-contrary to nature-in the atmosphere of God Himself, to live an move and have our being. Perhaps Nicodemus’s question “How then can a man enter again into his mother’s womb” is answered in the affirmative: we do re-enter the womb of God to be nourished and nurtured throughout all of life. And, we are twins, triplets, millionets-for we, the Church are here together, aided by one another but connected to our "Mother" He who is our womb and all else besides. 4.20.08