YOU'RE GOD'S BELOVED

Do you know that God calls us Beloved too? At the River Jordan the Voice from Heaven said of Jesus, This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Mt 3:17, KJV)

Ephesians 1:6 tells us that God has accepted us “in the Beloved” (KJV). This means that God relate to us in the same way that He relates to Jesus. He accepts us, is well pleased with us,  He calls us His beloved sons.

Joseph Prince writes about this in his book, Destined to Reign. He notes that in Matthew 3 God says of Jesus, “this is my beloved Son,” but in Matthew 4 the devil says, “If you are the Son of God…” The devil did not remind Jesus that He was the beloved Son of God and neither does he remind us. The devil doesn’t want us to know what God thinks of us because once you know you are beloved, says Prince, everything changes. We rise up against the enemy’s temptations and we stand secure in our God-given identity.

Beloved, there is nothing you can do today to make God love you more, and there’s nothing you can do to make Him love you any less… Beloved, it’s not enough that you know that God loves everyone. You need to know and believe that He loves you, and let that revelation burn in your heart, especially when you fail. (Destined to Reign, pp.300-1)

It is such an awesome privilege to be adopted as a son of God (Gal 3:26). But we are more than sons; we are His beloved sons.

When you apprehend the divine audacity of God calling you Beloved, your joy will be so overwhelming that it will weaken you like a wound. And knowing that you are His Beloved, it is the easiest thing to turn our backs on the world and set out to find Him and to be where He is.
Hallelujah.

Therefore, as you go through the activities of the day, I encourage you not to forget that you are God's beloved and the Apple of His eyes regardless of your mistakes.

God loves you.
Enjoy the day.

Shalom.