One of the joys of life at Providence is seeing children come to the baptismal font. We see these scenes often in our church, which is a sign of life. We witness the Spirit’s work in the waters of baptism, and I hope every baptism you witness becomes a reminder of who you are and what you are called to do. Baptism connects us to that great historical record that goes all the way back to Acts 2.
We are reminded that at Pentecost, that new beginning for the Church, the Spirit of God was poured on the heads of the early church, and that church was propelled to baptize the nations. 3,000 were baptized and joined that new movement beginning in Jerusalem and going to the ends of the earth.
Immediately after, household after household began to be baptized because God’s faithfulness is to you and your children. He does not change his plans but confirms them, and he does change his recipients, but he receives them.
This morning, God is bringing these little ones into the church’s life so that they may enter into the same Pentecost spirit of Acts 2. These little ones are receiving a new beginning. They are entering the waters of baptism and joining the prophets and kings and priests, the households of Acts and the billions baptized ever since. Today marks the start of a new identity, a new way of moving, being, and living in the presence of God.
