Devotions

Romans 8:14-17

THOUGHT FOR TODAY: For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”

- Romans 8:15 (NKJV)

Robbery is something that happens to other people, not to me—until someone took my wallet. Talk about feeling violated, vulnerable, helpless, mad, and angry. I cried from the combination of all those ugly feelings—like someone had hit me in the gut with a two by four. How could this happen?  I felt sick thinking about my identity in the hands of a stranger.

 It helped me feel better when I thought about my most important identity—a Child of God. We don't need a number or a card for that identity.  God loves us so much that he gave his Son to die for our sins.  If we believe this, we have a wonderful new identity, an identity no one can take away.  We are adopted children of God.  Other Christians are our brothers and sisters in Christ. And God prepares an eternal home for us, where robbery doesn’t happen.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank you for my most precious identity of all, as your child. Amen.