How great is the 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.   1 John 3:1

I hear people say many times in our world that “we are all God’s children”. That is not what the Word of God teaches. All people are God’s creation, yes, but only those who place their faith in Christ are God’s children, there is a huge difference!  The entire book of 1John is written to those who have already accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

I do not think that we, as God’s children, will fully understand the significance of being God’s child through faith in Christ until we are with Him in heaven one day. What a glorious position we have before God because of the work of Christ on the cross!

From Philip Ware:  “Some gifts are too precious for words and too wonderful to fully appreciate. The greatest of these gifts is that we are God’s children. We have been adopted into the Father’s family. Jesus claims us as his younger siblings in God’s family (Hebrews 2:14-18). Even though the world may not acknowledge this, their denials of this truth do not make our adoption any less true (Romans 8:14-17). After all, the world didn’t recognize its Creator when he became flesh in Jesus (John 1:1-3, 10, 14-18) and lived among the people he had made. God’s Word still proclaims the truth; we ARE the children of God!”

Thank you, Father, for the incredible blessings that come with being your child. I know I haven’t begun to understand all the glorious things this gift means. However, dear Father, I look forward to joyously experiencing this reality while I anticipate the day when I can see you face to face and fully know the meaning of this joy. In Jesus’ name. Amen.