God's child

I have been studying who I am in Christ lately. Yesterday, I learned from 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 that I am God's valuable possession. I was bought with the high price of Jesus' blood and I am not my own. I belong to God as his possession.

I remind myself of this daily. When I feel worthless, I am God's prized possession. When I feel unwanted, I am bought with Christ's own blood. When I feel out of my own control, I belong to God and not to myself.

But what I learned today is from John 1:12 :

      "But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God." 

The closest experience I have had thus far to actually having kids is this past summer, when I nannied for three children from my church. Those kids were dependent on me to teach them, feed them, discipline them...I cared for them tenderly. I carried the small 3 year old boy when he was tired and I put a band aid on his finger when he caused damage to himself by breaking something or doing something he should not have.

How much more does my Father care for me, his child? I can only imagine that everything that is true for how I care for the 3 year old boy is infinitely more true for how God cares for me. He blocks the routes that I want to take to destruction and temptation (Hosea 2). He alone sustains me- my food, my clothes, everything (Matthew 6). He knows my past and my future and my most intimate thoughts (Psalm 139). And all because I am his child! How incredible!

I am protected, loved, cared for, provided for, healed by and held by the best Father history has ever known.

Today in Christ and because of Christ, I am God's child.