-August 7, 2025-
Good morning beloved, happy Thursday,
“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’”
(Romans 8:15).
One of our greatest blessings is to be a child of God. We were once children of darkness, children of wrath, under the bondage to sin, Satan, and the our own flesh. Now by grace through faith, we are children of God.
God through the Holy Spirit has adopted us into His family and has given us all the rights and privileges of sonship. The word adoption means, “the action or fact of legally taking another’s child and bringing it up as one’s own, or the fact of being adopted.”
Just think God adopted you and you now belong to Him, not as a slave but as a son. Paul also speaks of our adoption in Galatians 4::4-7. As we know, the word “Abba” means daddy. It is a term of great endearment and close relationship.
We are so blessed to be part of the family of God. There is a beautiful hymn written by Bill and Gloria Gaither, entitled, “The Family of God.” The second verse says, “From the door of the orphanage to the house of the King—No longer an outcast, a new song I sing; From rags unto riches, from the weak to the strong; I’m not worthy to be here, but praise God, I belong.”
Let us thank God that He is our Heavenly Father, our Abba, Father. We are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.
Let us lift up our voice and sing, we are children of the great King.
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 