{"id":734,"date":"2024-02-03T13:58:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodforfaithandfamily.com\/?p=734"},"modified":"2024-02-03T13:58:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T13:58:46","slug":"adopted-into-royalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodforfaithandfamily.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/03\/adopted-into-royalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopted into Royalty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This weekend Nora and I were playing dolls, and their conversation went something like this\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cMy friend made fun of me out on recess today. She called me names and made me cry,\u201d my doll said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a sweet tiny voice Nora\u2019s doll replied, \u201cDon\u2019t be sad. Don\u2019t you know you\u2019re a PRINCESS?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDoes that mean I shouldn\u2019t let other people make me feel bad about myself?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course not! You\u2019re a beautiful princess! Don\u2019t be sad anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nora had a wonderful response. It made me think about our adoption into God\u2019s family through our faith in Jesus. In Romans 8 Paul reminds us, \u201cAll those led by God\u2019s Spirit are God\u2019s sons. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, \u201cAbba<\/em>, Father!\u201d The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God\u2019s children, and if children, also heirs\u2014heirs of God and coheirs with Christ\u2014seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is so much in these short verses. Paul is telling us that if we have God\u2019s Spirit, which comes from believing Jesus is the Son of God, then we have been adopted into His family. God the Father is our Abba or daddy. He is King and we are His children, therefore joint heirs with Christ\u2026princes and princesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Nora\u2019s thinking, if you are a princess, how can anything make you sad? You have everything you could ever dream of! What can rejection from people on the playground take away from that? It\u2019s a lot like Paul\u2019s thought in verse 18. How can any present sufferings even compare with the wonderful things waiting for us in Heaven?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my favorite verses is 1 Corinthians 2:9, \u201cBut as it is written, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him.”\u00a0
According to GotQuestions.org (my favorite place to look for answers about the Bible), this verse is about spiritual truth that humans are not capable of understanding without God\u2019s Spirit.\u00a0This verse however, can also be used to describe our future in Heaven. Though this was not Paul\u2019s initial point, the Bible reiterates this idea several times. God has marvelous things in store for His children\u2026his princes and princesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve seen beautiful sunsets, and heard music that brought tears to my eyes, and imagined some wonderful reunions with loved ones\u2026but NONE of it can compare to what God is preparing for me\u2026and you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, just as Nora said, \u201cYou are a PRINCESS!\u201d And that should be enough to bring a smile to your face, a lightness in your step, and to be able to let go of the things that have made you sad. They can\u2019t compare to the glory that will be revealed to us when we know Jesus as Lord and Savior!<\/p>\n\n\n

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