1JOHN 3:1

See what great 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.

TO PONDER

It still amazes me when I think about statements like the one from today’s reading because of who God is and who I am. Throughout the Bible the question has been asked and explored by many of its authors from King David to the Apostle Paul, they ask questions like ‘what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?’.

In Ephesians 1:3-6 we are told that even before time existed God chose us to be family, He chose us to be family since forever. We were on His mind before God even created time, before anything He had planned to lavish that great love on us.

I am tempted to stop here, to leave room for that truth to sink in, the truth that God calls us His children, His family. If we could grasp that truth even a little, I honestly believe we would be transformed, our everyday would be empowered by that amazing, all encompassing grace. He chose us to be family since forevever, He chose to lavish His great love on us since before time.

What does that mean for your today?

PRAYER

Almighty Father, I am amazed and awestruck by your love that you lavish on me a sinner and thank you that you have adopted me into your family, with the full rights of an heir. I pray that I will allow your grace to empower me to live a life marked and displaying that love. Amen.

Today's devotion provided by Danny Brock, LifeWay Westside Church Planter