God's Forever Family

Scripture – Galatians 3:26-29: ²⁶You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, ²⁷for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Reflection: – There’s a school of thought that looks out on all the people of the world and says, ‘We’re all God’s children.’ I’m not sold on that idea. God created every single person uniquely and personally. And God loves every single person. At the same time, as we read here, it’s through our faith in Christ that we become children of God. In Christ we are part of God’s forever family.

No matter what our backgrounds and upbringing, we are all one in Christ. We’re all part of the same family. And in God’s perfect perspective, no child is more important or loved more than any other. There are no favorites in God’s family.

There are people who spend more time with the Father than others. And because of that, they enjoy a closer relationship. I wasn’t very close to my parents. But then, I didn’t spend much time with them. That was my loss.

Where are you in relation to God’s family? How close are you to the Father? How much do you share with Christ?