Nobody knows where it started, but many years ago in some dastardly corporate boardroom somebody came up with the idea of referring to employees as “family.” It was a way to make workers feel more connected to their jobs. No doubt you have experienced this in places you have worked: “Welcome to the (name of company) family,” or, “We are one big family here!” It’s a nice sentiment, but false. With a real family, you don’t clock in or clock out, you usually don’t worry about getting fired or laid off, and your parents didn’t jettison you the moment your “return on investment” looked shaky.

So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

Galatians 4:7

In truth, the term “family” is used loosely these days. Certain people in government and society are working feverishly to water down the definition of family to mean almost anything. But when God calls you His child, it has special, permanent meaning. You cannot be discharged from the family, and you have an inheritance that cannot be lost.

As you pray for America today, ask God to use you to welcome others into the only family that really matters – and will last for all eternity!

Recommended Reading: I John 3:1-11