You are members of God’s family. Ephesians 2:19
The conversations may have started weeks earlier. But the refrain is a common one, "When are you coming home for Christmas?" When we gather with family, we reconnect to our past. We see where our journeys have taken us in the present. And it becomes a time to wish each other well for the future.
A highlight, for many families during Christmas, is getting together. It may be for a Christmas dinner. For others it is a time for an extended visit. As I write this, Nancy and I are getting ready to pickup up our adult daughter at the airport. As each year passes, I am recognizing that having all the family home for Christmas is something to be cherished.
Christmas is about family. God is inviting people to become part of His family. The Bible makes it clear that how we respond to Christ determines whether we are one of God's children.
But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12.
Jesus says that in order to belong to God's family we need to experience a second birth. We must be born again. Rick Warren in Purpose Driven Life observes, " Every human being was created by God, but not everyone is a child of God. The only way to get into God’s family is by being born again into it....The invitation to be part of God’s family is universal, but there is one condition: faith in Jesus."
For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26
Our earthly families are wonderful gifts. But our spiritual family is going to last forever; our relationships will go on through eternity. What binds God's children together is greater than genetics. We are bonded in the blood of Christ; in His sacrificial atoning death, by the grace of God.
Are you part of God's family?
Prayer: "Lord Jesus, I believe in You and I receive You into my life. Thank you for bringing me into God's family."
Gift to others: Tell another Christian that you are glad they are part of God's family.
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