Always His Child

Have you ever stopped to consider what it means to be a member of God’s family? Certainly, there are many precious truths that we could ponder, but one aspect of God’s redemptive plan that I had not considered, until recently, is that adoption is irrevocable. When a couple decides to adopt a child, by law they can’t reverse the act later if the child fails to meet their expectations. Once the bestowal of familial status has been granted it is final, so that the child doesn’t have to live in fear that if they disobey or get in trouble or mess up in anyway that they will get the boot; rather, their standing in the family is secure. Though there will be both good and bad days, we must never fret about our standing in God’s family, because He does not love us because of who we are, rather He loves us because of who He is. And because of our union with Christ we are now able to live a life that honors of heavenly Father.