New Students - Stuart Sneddon

I am blessed to work at Cardiff University and this week I have been seeing lots of new first year students coming to campus. Lots of them look lost, unsure of where they are and where to go. For many it is their first time away from family and for some it's their first time living in a new city or even country.

After a while though they will start to get to grips with their identity as a student, they will learn about themselves as well as the subjects they are studying. When they get their students cards this will grant them entry into parts of the building not open to the public. They will be able to access learning and resources only available to Cardiff University Students and because of this learning and resources they are given a new direction for their careers. All of this will be available to them because they have paid their student fees.

This got me thinking about our lives as Christians. How because of the blood spilled for us we have new identities as sons and daughters of God. We get to learn more about what this means for us and how amazing God is. Because of this new identity we are and free to enter into God's courts and into his presence.

We are filled with the Holy Spirit who knows everything there is to know, and He gives us wisdom, guidance and knowledge, for us, our families and others.

We are given a new direction, purpose and a mission; to go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation (Mark 16:15).

All of this is made available to us because of the price that He paid for us on the cross. How amazing is that?!