CHILDREN
OF GOD
John
1:11-18
Devotional:- “But
as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
to those who believe in His name” (V. 2) NKJV
Those
who are born to great people on earth are always considered privileged. Many of
us would have loved to belong to a particular family or the other if we had
been given the privilege to make that choice. Many challenges in the lives of
some people today are there because they wake up to find themselves in a family
with one deficiency or the other. This has brought many limitations to the lives
of many people in the world today.
I
don’t know the particular situation you find yourself in now. God saw the need
to link all family back to Himself, that is why He sent Jesus Christ to save
the world, so that we can come to his lineage and no more the lineage of our
earthly parents. We don’t have to suffer what our parents suffered.
Those
who are children of God are not born of flesh and blood but of the word and Spirit
of God (John 3:5). The water in that scripture referred to the word of God.
That is why your fellowship with God’s word makes you grow to sonship. If you
are born again, I congratulate you. People who are known as children of the
president or governor count themselves privileged and how much more the child
of the highest God.
Now
the glory and honour due to your father is yours. He is great, you cannot be
small. He is strong, you cannot be weak. He is a victor and you cannot be a victim.
He is a successful God; you cannot be a failure. He is prosperous and you
cannot be poor. You need to know that you now belong to a lineage of a great
God. You have to start thinking and speaking like your father. Never expect the
evil of your earthly parents to befall you again. You are now different (2
Corinthians 5:17). You are born of God (1 John 5:4). Take time to meditate on
this truth till it sets you free. Declare it daily, “I am a son of God.”
PRAYER:
LORD, LET THE LIGHT OF YOUR FATHERHOOD KEEP REFLECTING ON ME.
“YOUR
IDENTITY IS A STRONG WEAPON IN THE SPIRIT REALM.”
