Children of God

“He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.  
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.  
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—  children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 
                                                                                             John 1:10-14
“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”
The scripture tell us that to all who receive Jesus into their hearts and lives to them he gave the right to become children of God.
What an awesome promise. We as believers becoming children of God simply because we believe in his name.
I know of no other religion that makes that claim.
All we have to do is believe not just intellectually but with our very being.
It’s simple to accept things intellectually. To have a head knowledge of what one is studying about. Many people have an excellent knowledge of the bible. They know all the facts and figures. They know what Jesus and the writers of the bible spoke about. But they fail to believe. To take a step of faith and go beyond the intellectual acknowledgment that things are true and walk day by day in faith.
The writer of Hebrews states,

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for

 and certain of what we do not see.” 

                                                                               Hebrews 11:1
We can understand all the facts in the bible that’s the easy part the hard part is learning to walk by faith.
To pray and listen to what God wants for our lives then put it into action.
Abraham intellectually new there was a God and it could have ended there. But Abraham was a man of faith who listened to God then took a step of faith even when it may not have seemed logical.
The writer of Hebrews noting,
“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.  
By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.” 
                                                                                                       Hebrews 11:8,9 
This is what faith is. Stepping out not always knowing where we are going but at the same time trusting that God has a plan for our lives.
Do you truly have faith in God or are you only intellectually believing there is a God?
Where do you stand?
        Think about it.