From the day they’re born, we love our children. This love compels us to help them mature and realize their potential so they win in life.
In Galatians, the Apostle Paul writes to believers who were struggling with accepting their salvation as a free gift from God. They were being told they had to do something extra to earn it. Paul explained to them that this is not the gospel! It’s by grace that we’ve been saved through faith” (Ephesians 2:8).
The truth is, if we’ve received Jesus, we’ve been adopted into God’s family. He’s now our Father. He’s a Father we can count on, one who knows us best and loves us most. Nobody will ever be better to us than He will. He’ll always want our best, He’ll always have our back, and He’ll always work for good in our life!
We’re not loved because we’re perfect. We’re loved because we’re His. Sometimes that truth needs to get from our head to our heart!
Paul went on to pray that Christ would be formed in us, as believers. (Galatians 4:19). As a mother of four, I loved the baby stage. But as much as I loved it, I wouldn’t want them to stay babies. Why? Because they’re not supposed to. They were created to grow up and become productive in life.
The same is true for us spiritually. God loves us when we’re babies. He’s patient with us. He picks us up when we fall. But His goal is that we grow up and mature in Christ. That’s why He gives us pastors, leaders, and churches. They help us mature.
After all, it’s mature trees that produce the best fruit, right? When we mature in Christ, we bring influence to those around us. See, our maturity is not just for us but for those in our world. God wants to form us so He can fulfill His mission through us.
I have a friend who came to church years ago. She’d been through some hard things, but she planted herself in God’s house. She got the promises of God deep in her heart and matured in Him. Now she’s a mentor and spiritual mother to many other women in the faith. She’s a treasure!
God has a supernatural life He wants us to inherit (Galatians 4:7). It doesn’t come through our own strength but by loving and leaning into Him.
Will you trust God with the future that’s right in front of you? God has a way of stepping into our story and redeeming situations in remarkable ways. So, take the limits off. Your Father lavishly loves you! Trust Him to do what only He can do!
