Predestined to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ
Scripture: Ephesians 1:5
This verse states, “Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ for Himself according to the good pleasure of His will…” In attribute number four regarding Sonship, God adopts us into His Family. What a transition this makes! This means we come out of a birth family that has all sorts of dangerous spiritual genetic mutations but are invited into a spiritual Family that has a guaranteed destiny, a guaranteed inheritance, and a guaranteed purpose. Through adoption, this dramatic change develops but has not been seriously emphasized as a shift out of birth family into our heavenly Family. This dramatic shift needs emphasis and definition for the momentous shift it really is! Changing families changes practically everything and must be recognized and accepted to experience the benefits. We are not an accident, we were created for a purpose. That purpose can only be accomplished when we accept the truth that God chose us to be sons and daughters. If there is a crisis in the church today that crisis is one of identity. Most saints never fully transition into their new status! Some have never been told and others have never believed it. Others have wrestled in believing the truth of it and lived life believing lies about their self-worth. Not only do we need to choose to believe it, but we need to choose to sign on to everything that goes with it because we are signing on to an eternal destiny, with an anointing for a purpose. We are signing on to the full measure of legal rights that go with joining a new Family. It is not something we wish for but rather a reality that we lay hold of and embrace which is guaranteed by the Blood of Christ, and the entire New Testament as the fulfillment of the Old. There are key promises that accumulate all the way through the Word. The result is we are now Sons and Daughters of the Most High God. Time is of the essence! We need to hop on board and get going. We need to be deliberate and intentional about our position and our future in God’s Family. God has specific works for us to do!
Special Prayer-In all the special prayers this month. Please pray the word of God.
The Curse: Arthritis
The Blessing: Job 4:3-4; Heb. 12:12-13