Galatians
4:3-6 But
when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born
under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive
adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son
into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a
son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
God’s plan for our lives will not be undone. Not by
us, other people or Satan. Because of sin, people are blind to their spiritual
need. They are deaf to the Word taught or preached. This blindness and deafness
leaves them enslaved to a life apart from God. Being apart from God they live
by their own light which is only darkness.
When the time is right God brings his Holy Spirit
into our lives. He does this while we are still sinners, apart from Him in our
thinking and living. God knows his children before they are aware of Him. They
are like a 6 month old child in their awareness of his parents. They see, feel
and speak but do not fully understand their surroundings. Others provide for
them and they are satisfied. Although they are not fully aware of their father
or mother, their parents are fully aware of them. They direct good things into
their lives in order that they may live and develop further.
The Holy Spirit begins the work of awakening our
spirit to see and know the Father. In time, we grow to be able to speak in
prayer and see His presence in our lives. Confessing Jesus, His Son, as our
Lord we acknowledge our awareness and need for Him. The human is born again by
the work of God’s Holy Spirit. His spiritual life continues to grow in
obedience to God’s revealed will in Scripture. We have been adopted by God the
Father.
