1 John 3:1
“Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.”
I have experienced this verse firsthand. It was the summer of my sophomore year in college. I was doing hard work in a hot steel foundry. But I knew that it was temporary, and so I had a good spirit about it. I guess my happiness bothered one man who came up to me and said, “You act like you own this plant.” I hearkened back to something that I’d heard before, and answered, “No, I don’t own it, but my father does.” He laughed and started making fun of me by telling others “He said his daddy owns this steel factory.”
I knew something he didn’t know. I knew that my Heavenly Father does own that factory. He was one of those who did not know, and so, he laughed, sure that I was a fool.
That summer in the foundry, I stood in the heat with a joy not rooted in circumstance, but in identity. The world may scoff, not recognizing our peace or confidence, but that’s because it doesn’t know Him.
As His child, we must live with the confidence of a child of the one who owns everything.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.