Good Morning Friends,
“How great is the love the Father has
lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we
are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear
friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made
known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see
him as he is.” (1 John 3:1-2)
In Christ, we have been made children of God!
That’s an amazing and marvelous truth. It happened the moment we received
Christ. “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he
gave the right to become children of God -- children born not of natural
descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.” (John
1:12-13)
God took those who were far away from Him,
alienated because of our sin, and adopted us into His family.
We are servants of
God, but not just servants.
We are followers of
God, but not just followers.
We are worshipers
of God, but not just worshipers.
We are God’s children. That speaks of the
love God has for us. That speaks of the concern God has for us. That speaks of
the commitment God has to us. That speaks of the manner in which God takes care
of our needs.
We are His children -- He is our Father! But that
isn’t even where it ends. On earth we are His children, but in eternity we will
be even more than that! It isn’t even clear what we will be in eternity. Eternity
is beyond our understanding. But glimpses have been given to us.
We’ll be like
Jesus.
We’ll be heirs with
Him.
We’ll reign with
Him.
Children now -- more later. What a marvelous
gift God has provided us in Christ!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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