1 JOHN 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, [Or when it is made known] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

TO PONDER

God’s children know little about the nature of life in the world to come, but we know at least that in some way we will be like Christ. This is good reason for us to become as much like Christ as possible in our present lives. We should be pure in thought and behaviour as Jesus was.

We, as Christians, should remember our privileges. It is our privilege that we are called the children of God. That we bear the name of the family of God is something to keep our feet on the right way. But we are not merely called the children of God; we are, in fact, the children of God. While we are children of God in the sense that we owe our lives to him, we become his children in the intimate and loving sense of the term only by an act of God's initiating grace.

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, Thank you for the privilege of being your child. Help me today to live as one of your children, obeying you in all things and bringing glory to you in all that I do. Amen

Today's devotion written by Francis Leung, LifeWay Epping.