Date: 29-June-2024
Name: Ola
Topic: IDENTITY OF SONSHIP
Content:
Topic: Identity of Sonship
Psalm 2: 7-8
"I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
Asking is an expression of our perception of whom we are requesting from.
Before you ask anyone for anything, you must have concluded in your mind that the person can do it.
Two Questions to ask ourselves
1. Who am I?
We all know how crisis identity can totally derail an individual’s life.
WE ARE THE SONS OF GOD!!!
Galatians 4:1-7
‘Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all,
but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Therefore, you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
John 1:12
“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name” (John chapter 1 verse 12)
2. Who is God to us?
GOD IS OUR FATHER!!!
Matthew 7:11
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”
God is ever the same, it is we that doubt God at the slightest appearance of life challenges. The Children of Israel has seen God’s great works several times, but they keep falling into unbelief.
Prayer: Let’s ask God to help us to never forget the state of our Sonship even in the face of challenges. Also, God should give us the grace to work by faith and not by sight.
The whole chapter of Isaiah 38 & 39 is a story about King Hezekiah. He had a personal encounter with God who saved him from sickness. God added an extra 15 years to his life after he prayed and sought the face of God. It was the same prophet that God sent to tell him about his impending death that God sent back to tell him that God has answered his prayers.
This same king committed a grave error of glorying in himself. The same prophet came to tell him what the Lord has said concerning this situation, but he seems not to be bothered. This is because he was told the repercussion of his behavior will not be felt by him but by his generations yet unborn.
This was the same person that sought the face of God but suddenly can’t be bothered.
I would like to submit that God has plans for us and indeed they are good plans, but we need to activate our position as Sons of God to boldly approach the throne of grace to make requests for what we desire. These desires will come to fruition – however God may need to increase our capacity to handle such breakthroughs
Practical steps:
· Take time to think of the things you desire.
· Align them with the word of God.
· Write them down with the Bible verse that the Holy spirit has revealed to you over that situation.
· Keep asking God (Philipians 4:6-7 ‘be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus).
· Keep thanking God for it (Psalm 52: 9 – I will praise thee forever, because thou hast done it and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints).
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