Adopted by God: Embracing Our New Identity

DEVOTION • “You have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!” (Rom. 8:15).

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If you are a follower of Jesus, do you ever consider that adoption is part of your story? We are all born into the world as spiritual orphans. Apart from being adopted into God’s family, we remain destitute, hopeless, lost, and alienated from the life, love, and family of God.

Romans 8:15 says, “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’”

As orphans adopted into the family of our rich and benevolent King, believers in Jesus Christ will spend the rest of their lives discovering all the spiritual blessings that now belong to us as children of the King because of what Jesus has done for us.

Sadly, many of us who call Jesus our Savior and God our Father still live like orphans, begging outside our Father’s home. Do you ever find yourself wandering through life feeling alone, anxious, despairing, and distant from God? More like an orphan than a beloved child of the King?

Let us remember that through Jesus, we are no longer orphans. We have been given a new identity, a new family, and a new home. Embrace your adoption into God’s family and live in the fullness of His love and blessings in Christ.

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Heavenly Father, help me to embrace my identity as your adopted child and to live in the fullness of your love and the blessing of your constant care. Amen. ❖