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The Family Of Faith
In my younger years, I was focused on the busyness of daily life and had little interest in my heritage, but over the past twenty years or so, I've become much more interested in my genealogy. We have tools at our fingertips today that allow us to trace our family roots in ways that were impossible not so long ago. The Internet can help us to uncover our lineage over many generations. What we discover may be exhilarating or shocking — or both.
In exploring my family tree, I've learned that my ancestors include noble as well as ignoble members. Family lore has it that one of my forebears was the bodyguard of King James IV of Scotland, but others in the family line were slave owners and rogues. Beginning with Adam, the ancestor we share, we are all a mixture of both good and bad.
Though I have developed a great interest in and curiosity about my ancestral links, I have another family that is of far greater importance than my earthly family. Through my faith in Jesus Christ, I am a full-fledged member of the family of God. As a member of this spiritual family, I have brothers and sisters in the bond of faith worldwide. Race and language in common are irrelevant in this family. The joining link is trust in Jesus and His atoning death on our behalf.
Ephesians 1:5 – God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. (NLT)
Just as it is important to live in such a way that we don't bring shame to our earthly family, so is it important to live in a way that shows that we belong to the family of God.
1 John 3:9 – Those who have been born into God's family do not make a practice of sinning, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they are children of God. (NLT)
Let's show love and loyalty to our spiritual family by evidencing unity in the body of Christ. May we bring honour to the family name by living in a way that pleases our heavenly Father.
Prayer: Dear Father in heaven, how grateful we are to be called Your children. May we bring honour and not shame to the family name as we walk this earth. Amen.
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By In my younger years, I was focused on the busyness of daily life and had little interest in my heritage, but over the past twenty years or so, I've become much more interested in my genealogy. We have tools at our fingertips today that allow us to trace our family roots in ways that were impossible not so long ago. The Internet can help us to uncover our lineage over many generations. What we discover may be exhilarating or shocking — or both.
In exploring my family tree, I've learned that my ancestors include noble as well as ignoble members. Family lore has it that one of my forebears was the bodyguard of King James IV of Scotland, but others in the family line were slave owners and rogues. Beginning with Adam, the ancestor we share, we are all a mixture of both good and bad.
Though I have developed a great interest in and curiosity about my ancestral links, I have another family that is of far greater importance than my earthly family. Through my faith in Jesus Christ, I am a full-fledged member of the family of God. As a member of this spiritual family, I have brothers and sisters in the bond of faith worldwide. Race and language in common are irrelevant in this family. The joining link is trust in Jesus and His atoning death on our behalf.
Ephesians 1:5 – God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. (NLT)
Just as it is important to live in such a way that we don't bring shame to our earthly family, so is it important to live in a way that shows that we belong to the family of God.
1 John 3:9 – Those who have been born into God's family do not make a practice of sinning, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they are children of God. (NLT)
Let's show love and loyalty to our spiritual family by evidencing unity in the body of Christ. May we bring honour to the family name by living in a way that pleases our heavenly Father.
Prayer: Dear Father in heaven, how grateful we are to be called Your children. May we bring honour and not shame to the family name as we walk this earth. Amen.