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Adoption. God gave Himself to us as our Father.

Adoption, by its very nature, is an act of free kindness to the person adopted.

If you become a father by adopting a son or daughter, you do so because you choose to, not because you are bound to. Similarly, God adopts because he chooses to. He had no duty to do so. He need not have done anything about our sins except punish us as we deserved.

But he loved us;
so he redeemed us,
forgave us,
took us as his sons and daughters, and
gave himself to us as our Father.

–J. I. Packer

Amen. So be it truth!

Thank you Abba Father for adopting me into the family and giving Yourself and Your love to me.

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Worship

Placed In His Arms

Another scraping from the bowl…

“What is the ultimate good in the good news? It all ends in one thing: God Himself.
All the words of the gospel lead to him, or they are not gospel.”

“For example, “salvation” is not good news if it only saves from hell and not for God.
“Forgiveness” is not good news if it only gives relief from guilt and doesn’t open the way to God.
“Justification” is not good news if it only makes us legally acceptable to God, but doesn’t bring fellowship with God.
“Redemption” is not good news if it only liberates us from bondage, but doesn’t bring us to God.
“Adoption” is not good news if it only puts us in the Father’s family but not in his arms.”

Just reading these words helps to fill me up. I don’t just want heaven, I want to be with my Father. I want to be in fellowship with Him. I want to be in His arms. I’m so glad He provided Jesus to allow me to rest there forever!

(quote from Jon Piper’s book ‘For Your Joy’)