Identity 9: Adopted Before I Knew It.

In Love, God predestined us to be adopted as His children,
through Jesus Christ,  because
it pleases Him, and
its His will.
Ephesians 1:5

It may surprise you, but God adopted you as His child, Christ-Follower, before you even knew it. He loved you before you knew it. It was what He wanted to do, this adoption of you. And it brings God pleasure.

Let's unpack this a bit:  It all began when God chose to love you.  Here is something you may or may not know: God looks at everything as one great big eternal now. That is, He sees all history, prehistory and post history at the same time He is observing your journey at this moment of this hour of this day in time. As He views things this way, He saw you before you were ever born, according to Romans 8:28-29, he "foreknew you" that you would bow your knee and confess Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father Almighty. So, this ONE who loves you "for ordained you to be formed into the image of Christ."  God did this so that Jesus might be 'the first born among many brothers and sisters." 

Simply put, God is in love with you. He knew before you were born that you would choose Jesus as Savior and Lord. He already knew, also, that He wanted you to have eternal life (share in God's life forever.) So, as you live today, God makes some beautiful things of your life.  He forms you into the image of Christ, or into the image of your elder brother, Jesus. Because He, ahead of time,  what you would do, coupled with His matchless love, He sealed the deal. He "predestined" you to be an adopted child of God, even before you knew it. No one can break the seal of the Almighty God's deal.

The best thing about this is that it is His will that you are adopted. And it brings God great pleasure to have you as His adopted Child. Finally, He loves more than you have the imagination to imagine how much HE loves you. 

Prayer:

Thank you Lord for loving me, even before I knew you. Thank you for securely adopting me as you child. It makes me feel good, Lord, to know that this adopting me brings you pleasure, and that it something you really wanted to do for me.  In Jesus name. Amen.

SoJourner.

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