Daniel and I are currently in the middle of The Truth Project, a small group Bible study from Focus on the Family focused on, well, truth! We have been learning so much about subtle lies Satan is using in our culture, and tonight's study was on history and the true overarching theme of history--"His story." This Scripture passage really struck me tonight:
But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. (Galatians 4:4-5)
In just the right moment of history, God sent His son to buy our freedom, freeing us from the bondage of sin and making us His adopted children!
As we're plugging away through our home study, we have been faced each day with the large cost of adoption. The Lord gently reminded us through these words tonight that He knows exactly what it's like to pay a great cost to adopt a child; He loved us so much He paid the greatest cost of all by allowing Jesus, His only Son, to bear the weight of all our sins so He could adopt us as His sons and daughters!
What a beautiful picture of why He in turn calls some of us to pursue adoption. Adoption is not just about rescuing a child in physical or environmental crisis but is rather following God's example of lovingly paying the price to adopt one of His little ones in order to point them toward their ultimate adoption as a child of the Almighty Father.
May we all reflect on the amazing gift we've been given to be adopted as His children!
"What a beautiful picture of why He in turn calls some of us to pursue adoption. Adoption is not just about rescuing a child in physical or environmental crisis but is rather following God's example of lovingly paying the price to adopt one of His little ones in order to point them toward their ultimate adoption as a child of the Almighty Father."
ReplyDeleteWell said sister, amen!!!!
XO