DADDY?

 

 

DADDY?

 

Galatians 4:5

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, to redeem those under the Law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.  And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”…

Ephesians 1:5

...he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 4:16

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

 

I think a lot of people go through life feeling like they are going nowhere and going nowhere fast and going about it all alone. Their lives having no meaning and no purpose. I know I’ve felt like that and sometimes and I still feel like that. When I do though I realize I’m living a lie. A lie that says I don’t belong to anyone. That I’m on my own. NOT TRUE. You/we have been adopted, You are children of the Father, you are called a son or you’re a daughter of the living God. You have access to the Throne of Grace. So why then do so many people live as though they are orphans? There is a quote out there by someone or on some meme that says “Don’t die before your dead.”

We live like that though don't we. We spin our wheels striving for perfection, for God’s favor, for the approval of others, and for joy and freedom and in doing so we set up a fake faith and set up a framework of moralism, legalism and call it religion. We read our bibles, go to church, worship and even serve simply out of duty and self-control. The end result becomes self-justification and not justification by faith in Christ alone.

Here is the truth though. You and I do have purpose and your life has meaning. You were chosen to bear his likeness. You were chosen so that you could come to your Father in confidence, to receive mercy and find grace to help you in your time of need. The only way to break an orphan spirit is for you to be filled with a sense of the Father’s love for you in Christ and serve God out of knowledge of His undeserved grace instead. 

So yes get to it. Don’t settle, take initiative. You can be disciplined, you can create space for your faith, you can take action in your life, you can strive to love God with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength but you don’t have to be perfect. You are not alone in this relationship. You have been declared righteous in Gods sight through Christ. You’re free. Free to accept your weaknesses and know that Christ is at work in the midst of them. You are free to take action and fail along the way, get back up, take action, fail, learn and keep going. You’re a son.

You’re an heir to the KING.

Peace,

Gordon
Have Faith, Live Free and Live Fearlessly