who we belong to & what that belonging means

Galatains 4: 4 When the right time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.
5 God sent Him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law,
so that He could adopt us as His very own children.
6 And because you Gentiles have become His children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts,
& now you can call God your dear Father (Abba).
7 Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child.
And since you are His child, everything He has belongs to you.

Anyone find this to be the mindblow I find it to be?

united

Galatians 3: 26 For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes. 28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God's promise to Abraham belongs to you.

life in death

Galatians 2:19b I have been crucified with Christ. 20 I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me & gave Himself for me.

There's such freedom in that kind of abandonment.

chosen & called

Galatians 3: 15 But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by His marvelous grace. Then it pleased him16 to reveal his Son to me so that I would proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles.

It's a mind-blow to think that God has chosen each of us (a LONG time ago) to serve as integral part in the overarching BIG picture He has conceived for humankind.

Each of us is less than a nanospeck in the cosmos. And He thinks about each of us.

2 verses

For about a year & a half I've had as 2 of the 4 main scriptures in my life these verses:

at the end of Matthew 10 - "don't cling to your life" (don't cling to your life, for you will lose it; but if you let go of your life for Me, you'll find it.)

& in Matthew 6 - "don't worry about your life." (Aaron Barth reminded me over a year ago that the section in Matthew 6 about the lilies of the field & the birds of the air doesn't need all of that verbage - just remember he 1st part - "don't worry about your life.)

I've had to abandon a lot of my life to follow the "don't cling to your life" verse. It's amazing how much of my life I think I have to have. And it's amazing how little I really need. God keeps reminding me that if I'll just let loose of my life, He'll give me the life He dreamed for me a gajillion years ago.

And it's amazing how much I worry & even more amazing how much freer I am if I "don't worry about my life." If I can just trust God in the face of whatever comes my way, it's just amazing how freer & more nimble my life has become.

Think about it
don't cling to your life (Matthew 10)
don't worry about your life (Matthew 6)

I continue moving in the direction I'm going...