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.