Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“I will tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, ‘You are my son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.’”
NL Daily Devotion for Wednesday, January 10, 2024
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
This is the psalmist. This is Jesus. This is me. This is you. Just as God called Jesus into servanthood (see January 6), God calls us into sonship. Yes, we are created by God (as opposed to begotten) and yet we know we have been adopted as God’s own children, and can call God “Abba” or “Daddy” or “Mama.” God claims us as God’s children and promises us an inheritance we can’t possibly imagine. It’s not simply offspring and land—these were the signs of favor for those early worshippers of God, the things by which God’s favor were measured. These days, most of us have moved away from the idea that worshipping God will result in prosperity—God promises us nothing of the sort. But God does promise God’s never-failing presence in our lives no matter what is going on around us. God stands with us in our struggles, weeps with us in our grief, sings with us in our joy, and rests with us in our moments of true peace. May you rest in the loving arms of your mother God, knowing that you are loved and nurtured as God’s own blessed child.
What does it mean to me to be a “child of God?”
