In the Word: Children of God
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. It is our desire that this series will aid you in getting in the Bible for yourself and discovering the joy that comes from hearing from God through the pages of His Word.
“But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.”
John 1:12
One of the first sentences out of our doctor’s mouth when coming back into the hospital room to consult with us after we learned that our daughter no longer had a heartbeat was that we now had our own “angel” looking over us. We knew his comment was intended to give a measure of comfort, yet, we also knew it was not literally true.
We found solid comfort in the truths of Scripture about our hope of our daughter’s present reality. These were truths we re-visited again and again in grief to resonate with our daughter’s joy. That is why I want to share with you today reasons why we can rejoice that our sons and daughters are still human beings in heaven:
They Are Redeemed
“It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.”
1 Peter 1:12
I have the hope that my child is loved and known by God. The Bible may not give salvific details about how my child is specifically saved into the family of God, but I know that it is only through the blood of Jesus that she is. However, in Scripture, angels are not beneficiaries of salvation through the atonement of Christ. How wonderful that my child will exist to the praise of His excellent grace, a grace that even the angels have experienced longing to understand!
They Are Adopted
“He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will”
Ephesians 1:5
Just as angels who sin are not saved though the cross, angels are also not adopted into the family of God as sons and daughters. Jesus Christ is forever fully God and fully man. Through Jesus, the perfect Son of God, my daughter—and this is only possibly as a human being—is adopted into the family of God forever. She belongs. She may not be able to interact with her earthly family for now, but she is already part of an eternal family that I will one day meet fully in glory too.
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