Child of God

Are you living like a child of GOD, a child with an inheritance in heaven, a brother or sister of Christ? This doesn’t mean we are equal to Jesus, we can never meet the righteousness of Christ, but because of GOD’s grace and mercy, we have been given the right to call GOD our Abba father. “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory.” (Romans 8:14-17a NLT)

As Believer’s we have an eternal inheritance in Heaven, we just have to remember that there is work to do for the 'family' business. “Jesus replied, ‘Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?’ Then he looked at those around him and said, ‘Look, these are my mother and brothers. Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.’” (Mark 3:33-35 NLT) Jesus has given us instructions to do GOD’s will; our main focus is to be on GOD and not ourselves. I’ve been trying to catch myself in the words I choose, when I refer to ‘my life’, I have to correct myself and say, ‘this life’; because this life, is no longer mine, it was bought with the blood of Jesus. So this life, needs to live the will of GOD and not the will of ‘me’ and ‘my’ wants and desires.

Jesus gave us specific instructions on HIS will, “…Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.” (Mark 16:15-16 NLT) As Believers, as the Body of Christ, as the Church; our job is to share the Good News. People have a tendency to stop right there and put up a wall saying they are not a preacher or a teacher - they have a misconception that they are exempt from sharing the Good News. Remember, you can always invite someone to your church (so they can hear from a preacher and/or teacher that do have that gift). Each and every Believer upon accepting Jesus as their personal Savior, receives the Holy Spirit and HIS gift(s), as well as gift(s) of the Father and the Son. Perhaps, your gift may allow you to be generous to others, helping with your time or money, listening to a friend, offering wisdom and advice, or maybe just sharing your experience and faith. Your gift may not mean you will stand up and evangelize for Christ as a preacher or teacher BUT the life you are leading is sending a message with every word and every action you do when you say you are a Believer.  

“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”  (Colossians 1:9-14 NIV) Once we are children of GOD, we want to do GOD’s will and live a life for HIM. We want this, not because of who we are, but because of who GOD is and what HE has done for us through HIS Son Jesus. So live ‘this life’ for GOD, receive your inheritance and receive the good gifts GOD has for you, start by sharing HIS Good News with those around you.