Can you think of something that has ever amazed you? It could be the breathtaking view of the Grand Canyon or the magnificent number of stars in the Milky Way. Possibly you have attended a Cirque De Soleil show and you have no idea how the performers get their bodies to move that way. Maybe it’s something simpler, like someone completing a Rubik’s cube. Crazier yet, completing one with their eyes closed. A Rubik’s cube can be hard enough to complete with one’s eyes open, let alone the impressive feat of not even using their vision at all!

There are a lot of things in this world that are unbelievable. Our puny minds cannot understand them. Our verses today can seem unbelievable, too. How in the world can sinners like us, belong to a heavenly Father that sacrificed his Son, Jesus, to die and take away our sins? How in the world can God the Spirit be dwelling in us and testifying that we are God’s own children? It’s amazing. Unbelievable!

Thank the Lord it’s also 100% true. Although we are completely unworthy, God wants us. We don’t have to understand how it’s possible. God says it’s true and we can believe him. In the reading for today and surrounding verses, he says, “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”

Unbelievable!

As you look at your class this week, take a second to think of all of you as the family of God. A group full of sinful people who fall short each day and yet are a group of people that God calls his heirs. He wants us. We are his. Rejoice with your students that we belong!
To add the incredibleness of it all, one day we will join our Father in heaven. Our short time here on earth, with all its ups and downs, can’t even compare to the unimaginable length of glory we will share with him someday.

It’s unbelievable. It’s true. Thank you, Jesus!