Spirit of adoption part 2

My adopted cousin whom I mention before, she ever ran out from her house after she didn't have any money on her hands anymore, she came back home. Her adopted parents still welcomed her back and accepted her.

This one was reminding me about the parable of the lost son on Luke 15:11 -31. And also reflection about my life and God. Often times, I ran out from God and when I found myself empty or in pain I came back to Him again, and He always welcome me back and comfort me with His love and peace.

God love you, no matter how many times you try to run away from His love, no matter how many times you stumble and do some mistaken, He always accept you and He more than willing to embrace you with His love and peace.

Spirit of adoption ..

Today when i was baking cake, all the sudden God reminds me about something going on with one of my relative whom adopting girl. After that adopted girl grew up as an adult, she's kinda rebel to her adopted parent. And she stole some money, etc. Don't think she's very bad, She's quiet nice, and very care to others, she did that just because she wanted to "bought" friends. Maybe insecurity matter. In this case, God gave me highlight about "spirit of adoption", in Ephesians 1:5 " God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do and it gave Him great pleasure " 

I believe, my relatives were adopting child because they want it. They treat the adopted child as their own daughter, had prepared everything the best for her and their also gave their family name to her, and actually whatever they have was becoming hers too.

It same with us, we already adopted by God, God has choose us, even before He made the world ( Ephesians 1:4 ). He want us to enjoy the inheritance to be His family member, but sometimes we more likely want to get acceptance from people around us. When we encounter God's family, we will try to please people, for we can't please people all the time. God wants show us His love, He wants to shower us with His kindness and give us wisdom and understanding to fulfill His plans to us. ( Ephesians 1: 7-11 ) 


The important thing why do we need to accept the spirit of adoption is because we will have deep understanding how much God love us and God love cast out fear. Romans 8:15 said "You have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God's spirit when He adopted you as His own children. Now we call Him, "Abba, Father" . 


Well, I hope we can really enjoy God's love and enjoy the spirit of adoption.

 

Kematian Osama Bin Laden bukanlah akhir dari teror.

Lagi males pakai bahasa Inggris..

Tiba-tiba kepikiran, kenapa orang banyak yang merayakan dan bersuka cita karena Osama meninggal. Osama meninggal bukan berarti dunia bebas dari teror atau tidak akan ada lagi kekhawatiran dalam dunia ini. Sebelum ada Osama, teroris sudah ada, bahkan sudah banyak perang di berbagai tempat.

Secara pribadi, kematian Osama tidak penting buat saya. Bukan karena saya tidak peduli dengan ancaman teroris. Tapi, kemungkinan besar akan ada Osama yang lain.

Saya akan bergembira kalau memang ada jaminan tidak ada lagi teror di dunia ini. Dan untuk hal itu terjadi sangat kecil kemungkinannya. Karena teror yang terbesar dalam kehidupan kita bukanlah dari para teroris tapi berasal dari diri kita.
Ketika kita merasa khawatir, itu juga salah satu teror dalam kehidupan kita yang menyebabkan rasa takut.

Jangan tanya saya bagaimana untuk menjadikan dunia ini bebas dari teror, karena saya juga tidak tahu. Tapi untuk bebas dari rasa khawatir, yang saya tahu satu-satunya cara hanya mempunyai hubungan yang baik dengan Tuhan.