"For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God's sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship]." - Romans 8:19 (Amplified Version)
I once heard a story of an eaglet who was raised by a hen. For a very long time, this eaglet behaved like a chicken, ate the food of chickens and never flew even when it grew because it was ignorant of it's identity and their ability to soar high into the sun. One day a group of eagles were flying nearby and they saw the eagle with the chickens. They plucked the eagle out with their claws and added it to their company. They then began to train it and teach it how to behave like an eagle and that included learning how to fly. Initially it could not even exercise its wings but as time went on, it began to soar into greater altitudes and never again returned to the company of chickens. The eagle had found it's true identity and it's attitude was changed drastically.
As inspirational as the above story is, I am afraid to say that many of us are like the eagle in the company of chickens. Due to ignorance of our identity, we have allowed society & circumstances to determine how we behave and run our lives. Thus we see mighty men and women of valor threshing wheat at the winepress and the devil whipping us because we are ignorant of who we truely are; if you do not know you are a millionaire in with millions in your bank account, you will continue to remain poor however the moment you come to the realization of your identity, your perception change and you begin to walk as such.
In the same way, for us to really come into the fullness of our true identity, we must firstly know our origin. The Bible gives a beautiful narration of our beggining. In Genesis chapter 1 verse 27-30,it clearly states that God created man (both male & female) in His own Image and likeness to have dominion and subdue the earth and everything in it. After forming man from the dust of the ground, He breathed into His nostrils, the breath of Life and Man became a living soul (Genesis 2:7). That meant that without the breath, there was no living soul.
In other words, our ultimate identity, the spirit man the part of us that is really us came directly from God. An innate God-like nature which was supposed to act like God in everything, the ability to decree and to control. This thus should explain man's obsession for power and control in our world today because that was the ultimate purpose of man : to manifest our sonship in the earth and to govern every affairs of this life as God's representatives.
Hence we need not be surprised with all the catastrophic events and circumstances destroying our lives and the environment because the Sons of God are not manifesting their sonship and the whole earth including the plants and animals are being affected by our high treason due to our falling nature; we are not acting like Sons of God rather like the eagle in the story, we behave like "chicken" due to our ignorance of our identity (figuratively speaking).
Who then are the Sons of God?
In the ancient world a son, though born by the father, was adopted at maturity. The child was tutored by an educated slave until the child understood and demonstrated maturity gleaned from that education. At that time the father would “adopt” his son, which meant that the son was now in a position to participate in the responsibilities of the father.
An example of this would be Alexander the Great. As a child, even though he was the prince of King Philip of Macedonia, he was tutored by Aristotle and Leonidas. Philip would then adopt him, which meant that he was fit to co-rule with his father, and to take over after his resignation as king.
Furthermore, in the Jewish culture there are two words for son: ben and bar. Ben means a child born into a family, but bar means “the son of inheritance,” which refers to the maturation of the son in understanding the Torah, and to be a participant in the family of God. From this word we have the Bar Mitzvah (and Bat Mitzvah for girls) for Jewish boys as the rite of passage from childhood to adulthood.
Thus the Sons of God are the ones who have been adopted into the family of God by virtue of the shared blood of Jesus Christ on Calvary,
"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved" (Ephesians 1:4-6).
To help us to really understand this truth, let us consider the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15,the younger son got his inheritance from his father and left his father's house. He went into the world and wasted it all until he had nothing! He had reached bottom low to the point that he was about to eat pigs food. However, something happened to him at that moment; He suddely realized he was worth more than his current situation and said to himself, that even his father's servants had better food to eat and clothing to wear and thus he decided to go back home and submit to his father.
Many of us have neglected our true sonship in God and pursuing pig's food (figurative speaking) whilst in our father's house, there are better foods and inheritance waiting just for us. All we need to do is to know who we are and whose we are and return to our Father. And as we tend to His business, He will shows us the way to prosper so we can acquire our inheritance in Him.
Ask youurself today whether you are genuinely possessing the land and walking in your call as a true Son of God or you are just a spectator of life, waiting to see a catastrophic event for you to be victimized. I charge you today to rise up, Oh Child of God! Get back into the loving arms of your Heavenly Father who is patiently waiting for your return and more than happy to give you your inheritance.
The bible says it is the Father's good pleasure to give us the kingdom (Luke 12:32). But before we can get the kingdom, we need to be in an intimate relationship with Him so we can know His ways and be prosperous.
So how do we become Sons of God?
The bible says "as many as receive Him to them He gave the power to become Sons of God" (John 1: 12)
You have to reconnect with your heavenly Father to be adopted into His family and after His seal has been placed on you, then He will enable you to be your true self and manifest His glory in your life because He will lead you.
Romans 8:13-17 States this truth beautifully,
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."
Why don't you consider today giving your whole life to your Father? If you do not know Him, and would love to start this beautiful journey with Him, first of all recognize that you are a sinner and have fallen short of His glory and then receive His Son Jesus Christ, your Senior Brother who came to die on the cross to reconcile you to your Father as your savior and Lord in your life. Simply say this prayer:
Father God,
I thank you for your love and my life.
I admit that I am a sinner and have fallen short of your glory but I am grateful for allowing Jesus to die for me. Please Lord Jesus forgive me of all my sins and come be Lord of my life. Wash my sins and cleanse me with your precious blood and write my name in the Lamb's book of Life. Thank you for restoring my true identity to me again. Amen.
Now believe that you are now a true Son of God.
Just surrender your will and everything to Him and He will lead you to the path of life.
PS: IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE PRAYER AND WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW YOU CAN NOW WALK WITH YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER SO YOU CAN RECEIVE YOUR INHERITANCE.
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