Reading: Romans 8:
15
“For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back
into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry “Abba
Father!”
To adopt is a choice. It is a chosen love filled with mercy
and compassion and joy. And responsibility.
Sometimes it seems foreign to our own hearts and we struggle
to understand the choice and commitment and recognize that we are the
recipients of this grace—this mercy that in the Lord’s hands is never undone.
His adoption of each of us goes far beyond the legalities
and formalities. He chooses the intimate word Abba—Daddy to express how deeply
committed He is to His children.
Involved—Interested—Invested—Immanuel. God with us.
“By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because
he has given us of his Spirit.” 1 John 4:13
Once His we are never abandoned by Him. Even when we run
away.
Thank you Lord for Your steadfast love for us in all
circumstances. Please remove our fears in our failures that put up barriers and
emotionally pull us away. Help us to keep our hearts abiding in You as You
abide in us.
Psalm of Worship: Proverbs 8:14
“I have good advice and sound wisdom; I have insight, I have
strength.”
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