A morning in the Word...

It always amazes me how a person can have been saved for many years and be reading the Bible, but never grasp all of the amazing truths found within it! Or maybe that is why it is called "living and active..."!? The other morning I was reading my devotions when several thoughts came to my mind.

I was reading in Exodus where God is speaking to Moses and telling him what He is about to do in redeeming His people from bondage in Egypt. In chapter 6 verse 2, the Lord says, "I Am the Lord, I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name the Lord I did not make Myself known to them." The same God that came to Abraham and covenanted with him, and the one who appeared to Isaac and Jacob, is the same God Almighty that was going to bring the children of Israel out of slavery. Not only was God now known as the Almighty God, but also as Lord, the Lord, and the One who would save them. In the revelation of the different name of God, we are also able to see the change in relationship between God and man.

When we are young or first saved, often our knowledge of God is very limited and we see Him as Almighty God. With that name, we know Him to be powerful, wise, gracious, merciful, sovereign, holy, etc. The more we learn about the character of God, we see Him as our Lord. Not only is He the Almighty God, but He is our Head and Master. Then, and oh the joy of coming to know our God as Father!

Jesus Christ came to earth. He is the Son of God and people mocked and hung Him on a cross because He claimed to be God. He showed the people who the Father was because He came and bore witness about the Father. As children of God, we have received the adoption as sons, to be children of God, with the privilege of calling God "our Father"! Galatians 4:4-7 say, "But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father!' So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God."

May we continue to grow in the knowledge of our Father! And as we come to know Him more, may we grow in our love for Him, and our desire to live as His children ought!