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Authors: June Hunt
Precious one, how God desires that you will receive all that He provides! The struggle with low-self-worth can be replaced with godly self-worth when you are in Christ. But in order for you to have the characteristics of Christ,
you must be in a different family.
Has that change become a reality for you? If not, on the authority of the Word of God, you can become a child of God. The Bible says, “To all who received him [Jesus], to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:12).
If you desire this new relationship with God through Christ, you can pray this prayer:
God, I want a real relationship with You. I admit, many times I have chosen wrong. I know I’ve sinned, and I’m asking You to forgive me for my sins. I now want to become a child of God. Jesus, thank You for dying on the cross for my sins
—
for shedding Your blood on the cross to pay the price I should have paid.
Come into my life to be my Lord and my Savior. I yield my will to Your will. Thank You for loving me. Thank You for forgiving me. Thank You for giving me the free gift of eternal life. Lord, make me the person You created me to be. In Your holy name I pray, Amen.
If you sincerely prayed that prayer in true humility, you can thank God for His heart’s desire to move you into a new family—
His family.
How extraordinary—every child of God genuinely has a new worth, a new destination, and a new identity! Now you can begin to see yourself through God’s eyes!
Your New Life in Christ
“If you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will…find the knowledge of God”
(P
ROVERBS
2:3-5).
Y
ou are about to unearth the most priceless of all hidden treasures. To begin this great discovery, all you need is a pen, paper, and your favorite Bible translation. As you bring to the surface the truths of each daily devotion, you will see God’s perspective of you from His Word.
Research
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has shown that it takes three weeks to form a habit; therefore, as you end this study, you should be in the precious process of
seeing yourself through God’s eyes.
The following six steps will be used by the Spirit of God to bring to light that which may be currently hidden from view:
1. Begin each day asking God to reveal how He sees you…simply because you are His child.
2. Concentrate on the initial statement concerning you and on the corresponding scripture.
3. Read the practical commentary and pray that the Lord’s heavenly view of you would penetrate your heart.
4. Look up the additional Scripture passages in your Bible, then personalize and paraphrase them, putting them into your own words.
5. Write a personal prayer and complete the phrase, “Father, through Your eyes I can see that I _________.”
6. Repeat to yourself the truth printed at the bottom of the page. With a grateful heart, acknowledge that you have infinite worth in the eyes of your heavenly Father.
Day 32
I Am Given the Compassion of Christ
Personalize these verses in your own words:
Isaiah 49:15
No matter who rejects me, the Lord will never forget me. No matter who is cold toward me, the Lord has compassion for me, even greater than a mother for her child.
Lamentations 3:22-23
God not only loves me, He also has great compassion for me. I don’t need to be overcome by my trials because God will always love me and be faithful to me.
Father, through Your eyes I can see that I…
Will never be without Your love and compassion. I shouldn’t base how I feel about myself on how I am being treated by others. Thank You that Your compassion will never fail me.
I am loved because…
I have the unfailing compassion of Christ.
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!”
(1 J
OHN
3:1).
“He predestined us to be adopted”
(E
PHESIANS
1:5).
O
h, to be secure! Everyone wants it; everyone longs for it. Why? Perhaps
security
has added significance to us because we all know the feeling of having the proverbial “rug pulled out from under us” by someone we trusted. At one time we felt at home in the relationship, but rejection sent us out the door and into the pit of abandonment.
Is there a place you can call “home” and not question its permanence? A place of emotional security—a place that will last throughout eternity? Consider what your heavenly Father has said: “I have adopted you.”
Even though God already has a Son, He chooses to adopt you. God does not
have
to adopt you; He
wants
to! You are His child; He is your loving Father.
Thomas Watson expressed it this way: “Since God has a Son of His own, and such a Son, how wonderful God’s love in adopting us! We needed a Father, but He did not need sons.”
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If you have not had a meaningful relationship with your earthly father, it may be hard for you to fully comprehend a caring, loving heavenly Father. Unlike some earthly fathers, God is always available to you. He will neither leave you nor forsake you—He is with you all the time. He desires to be intimately involved in every aspect of your life. By adopting you, He has chosen you to have the full privilege of being His own.
Many similarities can be seen between God’s adoption of us and the legal adoption of a child. An adopted child is not inferior to any other child in the family. Adopted children carry the family name, and their inheritance is secure because they, too, are legal heirs.
However, there is one difference between legal adoption and God’s adoption: A legally adopted child will not receive the same nature as the newly adoptive parents, who have different biological genes and characteristics. Yet when you are adopted by God, you always receive a new nature—the nature of your heavenly Father.
History tells us that when the New Testament was written, it was understood an adoption could never be revoked. Do you realize what that means in light of your relationship with God?
Once you are selected, you can never be rejected.
You will never be emotionally abandoned. You will always have a home in God’s heart. Seeing yourself through God’s eyes, you are His child
forever.
Personalize these verses in your own words:
Romans 8:15
Galatians 4:5-7
Father, through Your eyes I can see that I…
I am secure because…I am adopted by God.
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!”
(1 J
OHN
3:1).
W
hat a tender scene…Jesus with the children! His disciples felt they were a nuisance, yet Jesus recognized their needs and was eager to place His hands on them and pray for them. “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14).
Perhaps you experienced an unhappy childhood and grew up in a situation where you felt unloved. Such an experience can profoundly affect your life—even as an adult—and can result in a long, continuing search for love and acceptance.
Perhaps you’ve felt like a nuisance, unwanted and unwelcomed. It is no small matter that your heavenly Father calls you His child, a loving term of endearment. Dear child of God, you
are
loved, you
are
wanted, and you
do
belong. The very “longing to belong” is put in your heart by God Himself. He creates a desire in your heart to know Him as your loving Father.
You may have heard people say, “Everyone is a child of God.” While this sounds warm and wonderful, it is simply not true! According to John 1:12, “To all who received him [Jesus Christ], to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”
While the Bible teaches that everyone on earth is a
creation
of God, only those who
receive
Jesus as Lord and Savior become authentic children of God.
If a teenager you had never seen before strolled into your house, headed for the refrigerator, made a sandwich, and plopped down on your sofa, what would you do? How long would you permit this intruder to continue this pretentious behavior? Not long!
Yet if your own child walked in, headed for the refrigerator, made a sandwich, and so forth, you wouldn’t think anything about it. Because the child belongs there, he has a right to the comforts of home. As a part of your family, he has family privileges.
The same is true for you as a child of God…you are part of His family. He delights in providing for your needs, and as His child, you can look to Him to meet your needs. You can come into His presence at any time. Seeing yourself through God’s eyes, you are welcomed, you are wanted.
You are “at home” in God’s family.
Personalize these verses in your own words:
Romans 8:16
Ephesians 2:19
Father, through Your eyes I can see that I…