Looking Back

by TerryLema

Tomorrow is a new year, in a way it is a new beginning.  But I thought it would be great to end this year with this verse from Galatians 4:7:  Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Therefore.  The reason the therefore is there for is to remind us that this is the outcome of what preceded it.  Because God brought forth His Son in the fullness of time, because God brought forth His Son so that we might be redeemed and receive the adoption as sons and daughters, because God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts so that we might share the same intimacy Jesus had and call God our Father, we are now no longer a slave but a son, and in addition an heir of God through Christ.

No longer are we a slave bound to sin, serving the god of this world, frightened by death and the grave, outcast, shunned, unclean, full of evil thoughts and desires.  Now we are a son and have been qualified to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.  [NIV Col 1:12]

Too often as we approach a new year, we look back on the old one thinking only about the things we want to do differently.  We want to eat better, lose weight, make better choices, save money, spend less, be more thankful, find a new job, etc.  This year however, I want to approach this New Year knowing that I certainly did something right so many years ago when I came to Christ.  I want to remember that I am no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

“Wonder of Wonders!”  See you in the New Year!

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