The Adoption Of Sons

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 

Galatians 4:4,5 

‘Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges of the sons of God.’ It is to this glorious end that God the Father waited until ‘the fullness of time.’ It is to this end that He ‘sent forth His Son.’ It is to this end that Christ came, ‘made of a woman, made under the law.’ It is to this end that He accomplished His Mission, ‘to redeem them that were under the law.’ God finishes what He starts. We may have entered this world, ‘by nature the children of wrath,’ but because of the redemptive work of God, through Christ, ‘Beloved, now are we the sons of God.’ Here is a God Who makes ‘king’s and priests’ out of wretched, vile and helpless sons and daughters of Adam’s fallen race. Here is a Christ Who condescends ‘to men of low estate,’ not that they might remain there, but that He might raise them up, ‘that we might receive the adoption of sons.’ As we realize this, in practical ways, we will find that it transforms our approach to everything and everyone around us. We need not have the recognition of man, as long as we are accepted of God. We need not live to please, ourselves or others, so long as God claims us as His Own. We need not fear the shunning of society, so long as Our Father embraces us and our Elder Brother upholds us. 

Our most Gracious and Loving Father, 
we rejoice that from all eternity You have chosen us, 
to be members of Your Royal Family. 
We shall be forever grateful, that You have included us, in such a Grand Company. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning