Chosen and Adopted

I've always imagined that adopted children must surely grow up with a keen sense that they were especially chosen by their adopted parents. What a benediction of peace, joy, and love that must bring to their lives!

The adoption process is the perfect analogy of what God has done for us. Through the sacrifice of His Son Jesus, God has chosen and adopted us and brought us into His family. I'm awed by that thought. When I take the time to reflect on it, contentment and serenity rain down on my soul.


You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, "Papa! Father!" Doesn't that privilege of intimate conversation with God make it plain that you are not a slave, but a child? And if you are a child, you're also an heir, with complete access to the inheritance. (Galatians 4:6-7, MSG)
 
Not one of us who cry out for our Papa are ever turned away. He longs to carry on an intimate conversation with us. The heavenly benefits of being His heirs are ours, and the riches of Heaven await. We're His adopted children, birthed by His grace and bound by His unfailing love.

Thank You, Papa, for choosing and adopting us. We were helpless and hopeless until You reached across time and chose us for Your own. Help us to remember who we are in You--beloved children of the King and co-heirs with Christ. May we bear the privilege and responsibility in a way that makes You pleased and proud. Amen.