Adoption

For the last 9 months, God has been teaching me TONS about the word "Adoption."
I have much I want to say about it, and I want to build the Biblical case for adoption, but that will have to wait until after finals.

For now though, I will say this:
Tonight I have been listening to a couple tell the story of their adoption of two little boys.
The boys they had adopted had never seen the light of day.
They had been kept inside with all of the other babies in an orphanage overseas.

They were adopted when they were one, and the first time they went outside they screamed because it was so bright.

When we look at this from a salvation standpoint, what does this symbolize?
This is incredibly symbolic of our own salvation...of our own adoption.
Before Christ came and rescued us from ourselves, we were that little baby stuck inside in the dark.
We had no hope, no real nourishment, no real life, no real love...
But then...
But then Jesus came and shattered the darkness, He tore down the walls, He ripped us violently out of the kingdom of darkness and ushered us lovingly into His Kingdom of light and of love.

I think tonight would be a good time to thank HIM again for such incredible love.

"I once was lost
in darkest night
yet thought I knew the way
the sin that promised,
joy and life
had led me to the grave.
I had NO hope
that You would own
a rebel to Your will.
And if You had
not loved me first
I would refuse You still."
-All I have is Christ

Because He loved us first, because He chased after us and adopted us and calls us His sons and daughters, we can be fully satisfied IN HIM.

Thank You Jesus, for the wonderful gift of adoption.
Thank You Jesus, for rescuing me.