Adopted As Sons
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Throughout this Advent season, we will be studying Galatians 4:4-5 together. In this series, we wil study the gospel truths found in these verses and discover how the coming of Christ speaks into our sorrow.
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.”
Galatians 4:4-5
READ:
I love the idea of adoption. I have friends who have been adopted, and I have friends who have adopted. One of my friends has three biological children and one adopted child. She does not differentiate between the children. They are all hers—equally. When they adopted their daughter, she gained all the rights and privileges of the other children.
Galatians 4:4-5 tells us God sent His Son, Jesus, to be born on this earth so we could be adopted into God’s family. Verse 7 goes on to say, “Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are His child, God has made you His heir.” (NLT) We have all of the rights and privileges the Lord offers as His child.
When we accept the Lord as our savior, we become a child of God and receive the promise of eternity with the Lord. You know who else is spending an eternity with our heavenly Father? Our babies. During the Christmas season, when we remember the birth of Christ, we can also confidently know that, as a child of God, we will someday hold our babies again. Mary held her newborn son, Jesus, that very first Christmas night—the night our Hope of holding our babies again someday was born.
REFLECT:
What do the following verses mean to you, and how do they encourage you regarding the Hope we have in Christ?
- Ephesians 1:4-5
- John 3:16
- Ephesians 1: 13-14
- Galatians 4:1-7
JOURNAL:
Take a moment and make a list of the blessings that are yours as a child of God.
- Shelly
Hope Mom to Zachary Robert
Shelly D. Templin is an author, speaker and blogger that shares a message of hope—with humor. She has three daughters, a son-in-law, and a granddaughter. Shelly lives in Texas with her husband, Jack, of 29 years and their two dogs.
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