Our dear friends adopted a child from China last year.
They already had four biological children, but the Lord moved them to express our adoption in Christ in a tangible way.
Their adoption is a visible testimony to all who know them of God’s pursuing love for His children. As the old hymn proclaims, “Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God. He, to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood.” Our friends brought a stranger into their home and conferred on him all the rights of a son.
This adoption is also a daily preaching of the Gospel to their own hearts and to their other children, as each can see in a new way what a profound thing the Lord has done for us. It may not be an easy road, but raising a child never is.
And what about the little boy? A precious soul was brought out of a pagan nation. He will be taught the Scriptures, and raised to follow Christ. By God’s grace, I trust this precious child will one day know the joy of two adoptions: first, into an earthly family and later as a child of God and fellow heir with Christ.
Adoption is a picture of the Gospel to the world, to the church, to the family, and to the child. When Christians adopt, they go as workers into the harvest field.
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Luke 10:2 (ESV)
This article was first posted on Mentoring Moments for Christian Women.
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