“Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.” Ephesians 1:5 

The moment we gave our hearts and lives to Jesus and received His forgiveness and cleansing for the sins in our lives, we became a son/daughter of the God of Heaven. He no longer sees you or I as “sinners”, but sees us as one of His own children.

He had planned and predestined us to be His children through our faith in Jesus Christ. This was His will for our lives.

It was God’s will for us to be His children. It’s so important for us to see ourselves as children of God, but so often we stay trapped as a prisoner of our past, seeing ourselves as “sinners”.  But the Bible teaches God’s unconditional love for us, in while we were yet sinners, He sent His only son as a sacrifice to pay the sin debt we couldn’t pay ourselves and adopted us into His family as His sons and daughters. If you never grasp anything else, understand the wonderful truth of who you are. YOU ARE a child of the most high God!!

Just take a moment today and reflect on just what it means  being a child of God and give Him the thanks He deserves for making it possible.