Today’s Reading: Galatians 4:1-7 (English Standard Version)
1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything,2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba! Father!7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Takeaways:
- Authority can be a huge blessing…both the opportunity to be in authority as well as under authority.
- I love the phrase “fullness of time”…that is further proof that God does things in His perfect time on purpose.
- We are adopted as children of God and therefore are full heirs of His redemption.
- Why do I still act like a slave when I have been redeemed as a child of God?