Is your life a struggle sometimes? All the time? I was reading in Galatians this morning and realized the reason we struggle is because we trust in the law not in grace. We think that if we do everything right we’ll be blessed, that our obedience in keeping the commands of God will gain his favor. WRONG! Read Galatians 4:28-29 “And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac. But you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit.” We are born of the Spirit, made free by what Jesus did on the cross. Our obligation is to believe that what He did was enough. Enough to make us free and keep us free. Enough to heal every disease, meet every need, take away our yoke of bondage once and for all.

Paul said in Ephesians 2:8-9 that its a gift that we must receive by faith, not works. Man can’t boast or get the glory for such a freely given gift. A gift is something given with no ulterior motives and it’s usually thought out to bring joy to the receiver.  That was Gods plan all along.  He planned to redeem us from the curse brought on by the fall of Adam and Eve at the beginning by freely giving his only son to buy back what was lost. You can’t buy whats been purchased! He gifted you the ability to come into His presence and talk with Him anytime you want. Not timidly but boldly! When we walk into the Throne room of God, we go in knowing we have the right to be there, we’re children of the King. The most awesome thing about this is that God has a way of making you feel you are the most important thing on his agenda at that moment you enter in. 

I declare! I will not struggle anymore! I’m made perfect because HE is perfect. I’m special to my Father. I know who I am and I know whose I am. I will come boldly to the throne of Grace and will walk in the authority as a child of the King of Kings. It doesn’t matter that I’m adopted, that only makes me more special because I was chosen out of many. Who do you see looking back at you when you look in the mirror, because who you see yourself as is what others will behold.