God Made, Not Man Made

John 1:12-13 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Let's stop and think, for a moment, and realize who we are. How often do we do something that God would consider offensive, based on His Word? How often, in one day, do we break one of God's commands, and fall short of God's perfection? Now imagine if it were solely up to us to figure out a way to be accepted, and allowed, into Heaven? I do not know about you, but I would be doomed, and definitely on my way to Hell, and eternal condemnation. With that said, how grateful should we be, right this moment, for those of us who have already put our faith in Jesus, for the fact that our salvation, eternal life, was given to us, not by anything we have done, but because God loved us, chose us, and did everything that would ultimately make a way for us to be accepted before the Father? I would say that we should be so grateful that words would not be able to describe it. To be called a child of God, not because any ordinary man made a way, but because the Son of God, the God Man Himself, came and willingly laid down His life to pay a sin debt, for us, that was way too big for any of us to repay. If He did all the work, and offers it freely? If we did nothing to deserve it? Then why would we think that there is something we could do to lose it, once He has given it? Why would we think that He would stop loving us so quickly, or think that He would abandon us, when He knew who we were, and what we would do, even before He saved us? The joy, and peace, He desires for us is grounded in the fact that our salvation is God made, and not man made. Therefore, it is secured because it came as a result of God's will, not ours, and we are sealed by the Holy Spirit. Thank you Father for adopting us, thru Christ Jesus, securing us with the Holy Spirit, and allowing us to be your children. Amen.