Abba Father

God is in control, He can do ANYTHING, and his plan is perfect (even if we think it's not). With that being said, here is the verse that's been on my mind (Romans 8:15):

"So 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.”

God did not give us a fearful spirit. He gave us a spirit of " power, of love and of self-discipline." [2 Timothy 1:7]. We "received" it. As in, God gave them to us. He equipped us with everything we would ever need from the very beginning. We don't have an excuse to be "fearful slaves" anymore. We have nothing to fear because we have all that we will ever need in Christ! We are slaves to the best master out there. He has given us more than we could ask for and has loved us despite out many mistakes. He is glorious.
We received God's spirit when he "adopted [us] as his own children." Once we said, "yes," to the glorious gift of salvation we immediately were adopted into the family of the creator of the universe. How cool is that? Once we proclaimed him as our savior, we were a part of a holy kingdom. He claims us as his own.
Once we received him, he became our father. Holy, perfect God is my dad! I'm associated with the King. I'm the princess of God. The apple of his eye. When I do something well, he hangs it on his heavenly refrigerator. When I have a bad day, he tells me it'll all work out in the end. He will never leave you, he's never late, he always loves, and he always does what's best for his children.


My devo book "Heaven Calling," had a wonderful entry about being apart of God's family:

"..You have earthly parents, but when you humbled yourself in repentance and were reborn into my family, you became my child. As your heavenly Father, I love you no matter what. But one of the best parts of being adopted by me is sharing in the inheritance of my Son. Think of it: Jesus is now both Savior and brother to you! Your place in my family doesn't rest upon what you can do, how much wealth you accumulate, or how many friends you have. It comes from the simple act of kneeling at the cross. In that humility is true status-as my beloved child."

"So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven."-Matthew 18:4