“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1 NIV).
Do we really grasp what we have been given? We are children of God because of Jesus Christ our Lord. We have been given everything from the riches of heaven. We are heirs in His kingdom and cannot be displaced or separated from Him as His child.
No matter who we are … whether we are rich or poor, neglected or privileged, forgotten or remembered or loved or unloved … there is a God who loves us. Beyond all circumstances, relationships, needs and pain there is a Heavenly Father who loves all the people of the world without partiality (Romans 2:11). There is not one person alive on this earth that He does not desire to adopt as His child through the redemption and grace of Jesus Christ.
All who come to Him and become children of God are given riches that do not fade or pass away and satisfy every need of the soul. All who come to Him are given a secure and the blessed relationship that is overflowing with the goodness and richness of God as our Heavenly Father throughout our days on this earth and into the fullness of eternity. Our Heavenly Father knows everything about us and desires to give us everything that will nourish and sustain us as He makes and forms us into His true children, reflecting His love and grace. He has placed this precious gift of true and full relationship into our hands as a free gift through Jesus Christ our Lord. In that relationship we also become heir to the riches of the Father who freely gives “more than we can ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20).
We are all poor in ourselves and lost in our sins but we can all become children of God and heirs with Christ to the great inheritance of riches in grace that comes in our precious relationship with our Heavenly Father. We can know we have a Father loving us more dearly than we can ever imagine. No matter what we face or endure, we have in Christ … abundantly more than we need to be victorious in it by the constant power and presence of the Holy Spirit . We have been given a relationship and inheritance beyond our understanding. Rejoice in it, treasure it, be ever aware and thankful for it. Live fully as a child of God for that is what we are!
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, ‘Abba, Father!’ (Romans 8:14-15 KJV).
Suggested Bible Reading Romans 8 & 1 John 3
