John 3:7

John 3:7 says, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again." Jesus was talking to Nicodemus about being born again, and He said for Nicodemus not to marvel that He said he must be born again, and neither should we.  You cannot be a Cristian without being born again.  The way that God works is not something for us to simply marvel at, but something for us to accept by faith.  Verse eight adds, The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.  Then, Jesus compared the work of the Holy Spirit to the wind.  We do not control the wind, and we do not control the Holy Spirit.  The wind blows where it will, and the Holy Spirit acts where He will.  Though we do not see the wind, we see the results of the wind.  Though we do not see the Holy Spirit, if He is at work in our lives, we see the results.  The wind is a powerful force, as is the Holy Spirit, only very much magnified.  We don't know where the wind comes from, nor can we predict the movement of the Holy Spirit.  I think Jesus was telling Nicodemus to not question or simply marvel at what God was doing, but to accept in faith that He was doing it.  We cannot always understand the way that God works, but we can always accept in faith what He is doing.  Verse nine continues, Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?  Nicodemus still wasn't ready to believe what Jesus was saying, asking how these things could be.  Again, we do not need to question how God works, but believe in what He does.  If we, or a loved one, or simply someone we hear about is miraculously healed, do we ask how this can be, or as His followers, do we simply praise Him?   Verse ten says, Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?  Jesus said to Nicodemus that he was a master of Israel and asked how he could not know these things.  As Christians today, we should know the truth of God, especially the truth of being born again.  If we fail to acknowledge this truth, we cannot be His follower.  We may be a religious leader or a great person in the eyes of the world, but we cannot be a Christian without being born again.  Verse eleven adds, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.  As Jesus continues to speak to Nicodemus said We speak about that We know.  Notice the change from I say to We speak.  Who was Jesus talking about?  Not the disciples following Him.  They had not seen and as yet did not fully understand about being born again.  They simply accepted what Jesus said.  Though some think He was speaking of all the prophets pointing to Him, I believe He was speaking of the Trinity.  Verse twelve continues, If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?  Then, Jesus said that if He told them earthly things and they didn't believe, how could they believe heavenly things.  Jesus had spoken to Nicodemus in earthly terms.  Birth and the wind are easily understandable, so Jesus used them to illustrate a heavenly truth.  God has always and will always speak to us in terms we can understand.  He meets us where we are and leads us to Him.  We respond in faith, and He even provides that for us.  If someone says they cannot believe the gospel because it is too hard to understand, then they are unfamiliar with the gospel.  We do not have to understand all the heavenly things to be saved.  We simply have to understand Jesus Christ, crucified, resurrected, Lord, and put our faith in Him.  In simple, earthly terms, we must be born again.  Until we understand and accept that simple fact, we can never hope to understand heavenly things.  Even after we become His followers in faith, we still will not know all heavenly things.  We can only be sure that it is where Christ is and where He is preparing a place for us.  This should be enough to satisfy our wonder of heaven.  It is where Jesus is and where we can begin to truly understand heavenly things when we join Him.