Are You a Child of God?

When you know the child of whom you are, then its easy to understand how God’s grace and accepting salvation through Christ is all we need for a fulfilled life.

My little son is so assured of my love for him and he knows with certainty,  that I will feed him, buy nice clothes for him or at the very least the best I can afford, pick him up from school,  nurse him tenderly when he is unwell,  hold him close when he is hurt or injured just to make him feel better, lay my own life down for him if it ever came to it.

In the same way, many times, when I am trying to understand God’s love for me or figure out how God will react to some of my actions,  I think of how much I love my children and how I react to their actions.  Through this, I understand that what I feel for my wee ones is but a fraction of what God feels for His children and again I am assured that our Father loves us indescribably, unconditionally, completely and utterly.

1 John 3: 1

See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children—and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

Do we really know the children of whom we are? Consider these scripture verses when you think of how God feels about us and the promises He has made to us.

1. Children of God do not fear 

1 John 4: 4

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

2. Children of God are not proud or ever need to try to prove anything to anyone

James 4: 6

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

3. Children of God freely give their time and their resources to make someone else’s life, easier, happier or more fulfilled. 

Luke 6: 38

Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.

4. Children of God find it easy to believe in Him and hope on Him

Romans 15: 13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

5. Children of God love

1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

6. You stand strong in the face of adversity

Ephesians 6: 13

For this reason, take up the full armour of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

7. Children of God know they will be provided for

Luke 11: 13 

13 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

8. Children of God know they will be protected 

Psalm 91: 9-11

For you have taken refuge in the Lord,
my shelter, the sovereign One.
10 No harm will overtake you;
no illness will come near your home.
11 For he will order his angels
to protect you in all you do.

9. Children of God know whatever turn their lives take, as long as it is the Father’s will, then it will end in praise

Romans 8: 28

And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose


Do share any promises that you stand on when you encounter different experiences in life as a child of God.

God bless you as you read, learn, share and teach

Lots of Love and Many blessings,

Omo

But to all who have received him—those who believe in his name—he has given the right to become God’s children John 1: 12

 

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