We Are God’s Very Own

https://odb.org/MY/2022/11/27/so-beautiful

Before I had Ivan and Daniel, I never quite understood the fuss people had over babies and toddlers. Everyone were like saying how cute they were, and yet, for me, they seemed overrated. They were just babies and toddlers. Nothing too special. They were messy and looked so fragile. So I never carried a baby or child before until I had my own. I was afraid that if I had made a wrong move, I could have broken an arm or a leg.

That all changed when I had my own baby and child. Of course, my wife had to carry them in her womb for nine months and deliver them, but they were mine as they were a product of our marriage union. Suddenly I realised what the fuss was. They looked really cute and handsome! I remember being fascinated by their tiny fingers and toes. Their tiny hands and legs. They even had hair on their heads! (But customary for Chinese families, we had their heads shaved for their full moon celebration).

Why the change in me? Obviously, when the baby is ours, the whole perspective changes. They looked cute. Although they are still fragile, I quickly learnt how to handle them, to carry them, help them to sleep, to feed them, change their diapers, but despite all that I never did bathe them until much later. Bathing babies carry high risks, and so that I left to the experts who were my wife, our helper, and mum in law.

That is why if my outlook on babies could change drastically when they were mine, how do you think the Lord looks at us when each of us are uniquely His? Paul declared in Ephesians 2:10 that we are His handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. We are specially and uniquely created by God. We are His. Like our own babies and children are ours, we are God’s very own.

This morning, as we go to church to worship Him and listen to His Word being preached, remember that God loves us. We are His. Each and every one of us is His. We are all uniquely created by Him. Despite our weaknesses, despite our stubbornness, our pig headed-ness; He loves us and will continue to love us. Why? Because we are all His, redeemed back by the blood of Jesus on the Cross of Calvary. God loves us.

Let’s give Him all the glory and honour that He deserves. May His name be exalted all over the earth! Amen!