Wealthy children
30 September 2009

God’s greatest desire is that we reveal the image of His Son Jesus; He wants us to exude Christ’s fragrance.

“For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” (2 Corinthians 2.15)

He wants us to show the world that we are true children and citizens of His Kingdom, His Own special people, a holy nation, pure and unblemished; capable of showing the devil and all demons that we are valuable and that we have a Father who gives us an abundant life!

When your child does well in school, and your friends and neighbours praise him for that, you feel honoured, happy, satisfied—confident that all the efforts and sacrifices you made for him were worthwhile.

On the other hand, what is your reaction when your child does not do well in school, when he doesn’t learn anything, gets home with his uniform dirty and his face hurt because he is constantly beaten by his school mates, or when he is always ill or unhappy?

Obviously, you feel angry and upset, because you can’t stand to see him suffer. That is exactly how the Lord our Father feels. He does not want us to see us ill, in misery, or defeated.

Bishop Macedo