[Give Thanks] Every Day, GratefulSample

Your Relationship Is Restored

As Christians, we can give thanks for the restored relationship we have with God. When sin came into the world, it broke the relationship humanity had with God, but through Christ’s death and resurrection, God invites us to walk in restored relationship with Him. We are now children of God. We are of the same lineage as God. He is our Heavenly Father. We also share a spiritual relationship with the entire community of the redeemed, with the saints of old and with everyone who has received Jesus Christ and His eternal life.

Just think of it. We are not spiritually homeless. We are not spiritual wanderers. We are not nameless or forgotten orphans. We are no longer separated from God. We are not without identity. We are esteemed as royal kinfolk of the God of creation. Jesus Christ has reconnected us to our eternal Father and has established us in our rightful inheritance.

Maybe today you’re lamenting familial relationships. Maybe you experience emotional pain because of your parents, your children, or other relatives. If you suffer in some area because of your family, be encouraged and let the Lord reaffirm your intimate relationship with God as your Father. He loves you and He has the power to heal what is bruised or broken in your familial relationships. The blood of Christ now covers all the disappointments and suffering that you have endured. You can put those issues in God’s hands and trust Him to take care of them

Allow your identity as a child of God, through Jesus, to be a healing reality in your life. Meditate on your status as God’s child. Allow His trust to permeate your thinking and emotions. Let the oil of God’s healing presence turn your mourning into dancing. You now belong to the entire family of God, so give thanks to Him for accepting you as His child.

Thought of the Day: God loves me, and His forgiveness allows me to know Him as my Heavenly Father. Today, I will give thanks for the wonderful gift of my status as a child of God.