I have been struggling with intimately knowing my savior. The thing is that I love being close to him and I love learning and having my mind blown, but I I have been making a crazy amount of excuses lately. Excuses to not be in his word, to not pray, to just put off all of the things that draw me nearer to him constantly. What the heck? Why is my natural tendency to pull away form my savior when I know in my heart and mind I should be drawing nearer? So I’ve decided to explore who I am in Christ. What does that mean?
A friend of mine started going through the 40 I ams. For those of you who are like ‘what the heck is that’ it is a list of 40 things that I am in Christ. He has been posting it on Facebook, and every time I see a new day, a new I AM I get the feeling I should go through the same list (Thanks Taylor) I started it today. Guys, I am so pumped about it.
Today was #1 I AM a child of God. Romans 8:16
I read verses 14-17 and its awesome! I know I have read this a few times, based on the amount of times it is underlined, but its crazy cool every time I do.
Romans 8:14-17
“For those who are lead by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the spirit you receive brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry “Abba, Father” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”
Guys think about how cool this is! When we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior the Holy Spirit enters our life and we are automatically adopted as a son or daughter to God.
After reading this I was really dwelling on the difference between a slave and a child.
Slaves are often fearful. They obey out of fear and necessity. They also do not often truly love their master, but serve them because they have to.
Children: In a perfect family a son/daughter is loved unconditionally. They will disobey and rebel as they grow and learn, but are always accepted and welcomed back. They obey their parents out of love and respect, especially as they grow and understand that parents probably know what is best for them. They want their parents to be proud of them, and to not disappoint them, but know they are loved either way. Like I said this is within a relatively perfect situation.
But GUYS! This is the relationship we have with God. He is our Dad. Also if we are co-heirs with Christ, be is our brother! How am I worthy of that!?
The Thing is that I am not worthy in any way. It is all by God’s grace and power that I am who I am today. He is using an obviously broken person and demonstrating a crazy and incomprehensible amount of love by telling the world that because of my faith I belong to a perfect God.
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