Adopted in Christ

I was leading my bible study, we were viewing a Beth Moore video, and she said something that struck me.

She said that with the new covenant of Christ, God prioritized the internal work over the external working of miracles. When God doesn't perform a "miracle" or work in our timing, we can be confident that He is still at work in our lives, internally. He wants us to go somewhere, but is working on something that must go, so that we can go where He wants us to go.

She also said that there was never an adopted child that wasn't completely loved. After all the trouble it took to finally get that child, how could anyone ever doubt the love of the parents for their child. Then she talked about how we are adopted children and after all God went through to redeem us, how could we ever think we weren't completely loved.

God often takes us to places we have never chosen, but we we finally arrive we can look back and see how He was with us every step of the way. We will know that we were truly loved even in the hard times. God will use your struggles in an amazing way, either to draw you closer to Him or draw something from you that is hindering His work.

Let go of what needs to be gone, so you can get going to where you are supposed to be. Be confident that He who began a good work will be faithful to complete it. He will make your paths straight and show you the way to go. If you are His child, He is on your side and will never let you go.