Today : I Am A Child Of God
TODAY’S VERSE
“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!” I John 3:1 (NIV)
TODAY’S THOUGHT
It is really hard to get our mind around some concepts like infinity, predestination and omnipresence. There are things about God that will take us all eternity to understand. “God’s love for us” was never supposed to be one of them. John emphatically tells us that God’s love for us is proven in the fact that God calls us His children. John even punctuates the fact with the phrase, “And that is what we are!” Can you imagine what our life would be like if we really believed that? How different would work be if we went to our job with the full assurance that we are a child of God? How would our family operate if we really believed that everyone under our roof was seriously God’s child? How different would we approach the challenges that come our way? The truth is most of us wrestle with the concept of being God’s child. We have no clue as to what it means or how it should affect our life. Today this can change. Ask God to help you really grasp what it means to be His child. Ask Him to help you really understand the depths of the love He has lavished on you. It will change your life.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Father, I pray that my life would be a living testimony of the fact that You have lavished Your love on me by making me Your child. Might everything I think, say and do today be shaped by this glorious fact. In Jesus’ name.
AMEN
TODAY’S AFFIRMATION & MEDITATION
I am a child of God
Today spend time mediating on the affirmation. Let it’s meaning permeate your soul. Consider the different nuances. Put emphasis on the underlined part. Affirm “I AM a child of God.” This means you. Sense deep in your heart that it is true. God has chosen you. Then affirm, “I am a CHILD OF GOD.” You belong to God. You are His chosen child. Believe it, receive it.