“God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are His sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are His child, God has made you also an heir.” Galatians 4:4-7
“Ohhhhhh!” is what I said! Which meant I was frustrated! While working in the garage, I had plugged in my drill… and it didn’t work! I immediately KNEW from experience that it wasn’t the drill that was the problem. The fault was in the outlet the drill was plugged into! Everything LOOKED right, but there was NO POWER! And I knew exactly why… which frustrated me even more!
This light switch, in my entryway, has 4 switches. The second one from the left is the culprit. It USED to power a light outside my entryway. Long ago I converted it to power a wall fountain for decoration. It ran for years until Katie just put a plant in it. Now, the switch runs power to an outlet that ran the light, and then a fountain. BUT… having been turned off, it WASN’T running my drill!
Since electricity is invisible, I can’t SEE if power is running to the outlet or not. The only way I can determine if the drill I am going to use will work, is to pull the trigger! If it doesn’t WHIRRRR, it’s because the switch in the entryway is turned off! I must then walk inside the house and turn it back on. With 4 switches, forgetting what goes where means that ‘on’ or ‘off’ is a random state!
I was reading Psalm 19 verses 7-11 when it hit me that the adjectives describing ‘The Law’ of God are exact adjectives that describe Jesus Christ. And why not? Since Jesus IS ‘The Word,’ His characteristics; perfect, right, pure etc., are who He IS. For He and I to share those characteristics, we must be connected. And sometimes, like my garage outlet, we are not. ‘I’ have to turn us on.
The point of this story is to admit that, the older I get, the more ‘Ohhhhhh’ I feel! Today’s verse tells me that I am His son, therefore His heir! An heir is one who gets stuff after the Father dies. But I don’t WANT His STUFF!!! I want HIM! But until He returns, I will always be fighting for connection! Oh how I look forward to the Day I can just BE with Him! “When ‘Ohhhh’ becomes “AHHHHH!”
Are YOU looking forward to continually being in the presence of Jesus? Do your prayers include the sigh of “Maranatha,” which means ‘Come, O Lord!’ Are you keeping the connection with Jesus Christ ‘ON’ and notice when it isn’t?
