Requested by Liz - Family Resemblance

God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.
Ephesians 1:5-6 NLT

A long time ago, as the registrar of an elementary school, I was often amazed by the younger siblings who would come to start school and they would be the spitting image of their older sibling at that age. Strong family genes. I'm sure we all know families that look so much alike, you could put them in a room with hundreds of people, and still be able to pick out who were members of the same gene pool.

How strong are our genes? 1st John 3:2 tells us, Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.

What will we look like? Or more importantly - Who do we look like? 

I'm reminded of a time, several years ago - it was a gathering of friends at Gringo's with a new waiter who didn't know we'd ever been there. We straggled in, coming from all directions, and when we were finally gathered, the waiter looked at the 7 of us and remarked, "Oh, I get it. It's a family meeting!" We all smiled and replied, "Yup, that's it - a family meeting." 

Proof positive - adopted into the family of God through Jesus Christ. That's our common gene pool. And it was strong enough through Christ to see our Family Resemblance.

Praise His Holy Name!

Prayer:

Father,
           Thank You for adopting us into Your family and making us joint heirs with Your precious Son, Jesus. When we grow up, we want to be just like You. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen