We are Children

“And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:17 NIV

What kind of children are we? Are we like Jesus with whom the Father was well pleased? If not, we should be, for we are to be more like Christ each day. On this day Jesus is formally recognized by God as the Son of God, the Messiah, the Savior of the world and the Lamb that would take away the sins of the world.  His actions are such a small thing; all He really does is get baptized and yet it was not the action that pleased God so much as the attitude. Much can be said about the same things in our life, it is often not so much what we do but the heart attitude that lies behind the action.  In this case the simple act and yet it was all God was waiting for, how often is the same true in our lives as our Father waits for us to just do a simple act so that He may proclaim His love and pleasure with us.  Let us obey our Lord out of an attitude of love for Him.

Here God affirms His relationship with Jesus, He shows us His love and approval of His Son, these same thoughts and feelings are bound up in the heart of our Father for us. Think of it by the work of His Son and the spirit of adoption we are His children so then let us live in a way that our Father says of us these are my children whom I love and am pleased.

Our treasures are not here; they are with our Father, with “him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.”

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…” Ephesians 3:20 NIV