Family

DEVOTION HEBREWS FAMILY Heb 2:10-13 10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. 11 Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. 12 He says, "I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises." 13 And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again he says, "Here am I, and the children God has given me." NIV Jesus is not just our Lord and Savior, which far exceeds anything we could ever hope for, but he is our brother, or rather we are his brothers. But Jesus, the one who makes us holy and us who have been made holy are of the same family. Just think about for a moment, we are in the same family as Jesus, the Son of God, and therefore we are in the family of God. Isn’t there something special within a family of people? Do we not enjoy a special bond, knowing we have are the same family? Spouses actually choose to be a family out of love for one another. They have children and love them dearly; little children depend completely upon the parents for everything. There is a bond that almost cannot be explained. And now we see we are in that kind of family with Jesus, with God. We are his dear little children, who depend on him for everything. We cannot be holy without him, we cannot experience salvation without him, and we cannot even exist without him. Yet Jesus says he will sing our praises in the presence of the congregation. He says he will call us brothers. Yes, it is true that God says we are his friends, and we sing I am a friend of God, but is not this even a greater song that is sung, I am a brother of Jesus; I am a child of God? Jesus is actually putting trust in us as his brothers to live as such. He sings about us, he praises us, he declares that he is at the right hand of God with all the children God has given him. What a wonderful thought to consider just exactly who we are and what family we are members of. Now of course, that means we are all brothers and sisters in the same family with the same parent and that would imply we have a special bond with each other. We are not individuals who just go to church together, who greet each other with a smile, or a nod, or even a hand shake, but we are brothers and sisters. That has to mean more than just going to the same church. When we see each other maybe we should think that Jesus is singing their praises in the presence of the congregation. We are all sons who have been brought to glory. We are family.