Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts crying, “Abba! Father!” so you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Galatians 4:5-7
LEARN
Here we find ourselves again, back into the pages of the Word, searching out identities. What does it mean to be a woman of God? Does it change when you go from single to married, or have a child? Or does our identity in Christ go deeper than fathomable, trickling its way into every other aspect of our lives, no matter the stage? I believe, the core of your identity lies deeper than woman, sister, mother, single, or married. Sweet Sister, you are daughter.
Galatians 4:5-7 and so many more New Testament scriptures, talk about our identity as the children of God. I love this passage in Galatians though, because it shows us the beginning glimpse of what it means to be daughter. I almost inserted [daughter] everywhere it said “son” to drive a deeper meaning, but think about this. The people Paul was talking to still lived in a patriarchal system of inheritance. The eldest son would receive the greatest portion of the father’s land, money, livestock, etc. When this verse talks about our adoption as sons, it is talking about us becoming the heir (by rights of adoption) of everything that God has to give. EVERYTHING! The coolest part is we get to tap into that right now! We are not waiting on certain stipulations, to be able to tap into our trust fund. We have our inheritance at our finger tips.
Now hand in hand with our daughterhood, is a deeper understanding of Fatherhood. They come together. I don’t believe you can really dive into learning one, without receiving new revelation on the other. To the extent that you believe God is a good and loving father, is the extent you will believe his goodness and his adoption of you as his daughter. Our Father is good. God is good. He WANTS to bless you with the best He has. When He has an Arabian race horse, He isn’t going to just hand you a Lisa Frank color by number from the 90’s. I think where we get confused on his goodness, is that he might start you out with riding lessons, on the 15 year-old, super gentle horse (before the race horse is even born) then give you racing lessons (while he trains the race horse), then when it’s time here comes the beautiful race horse (at the time when you know how to race, and the horse has been trained). This is a big picture in a small space, so here’s what I want you to know.
KNOW
1. You were chosen before the foundation of the world. You were predestined to be a daughter of
God (Ephesians 1:5). In other words, God very much thinks you matter.
2. Once you accept Jesus into your heart and receive Salvation, God becomes your adoptive father.
3. God is a good God.
4. God is the best father.
5. God WANTS to bless you with the best things.
6. You are a daughter of the most high God. He is ruler of the kingdom of heaven. You have access
to what he has in heaven (think the Lord’s prayer- on earth as it is in heaven).
7. No matter what stage of life you are in, meditate on this, and watch it change your perspective
for the best.
DO
Here are some more of the verses that talk about our sonship:
John 1:12, Romans 8:14-19, Romans 9:8, Galatians 3:26, Ephesians 1:5, Ephesians 2:9, Ephesians 3:6,
1 John 3:1, 1 John 3:2
Psalms 27:10
The list goes on and on, but I hope this stirs up a hunger for you to seek out God as our father, and what
it means to be his daughter.
Much love,
Anna
