"Are you all children of God here?" This question was asked by a gentleman who called on a group of ladies visiting together. One replied: "That is what I am trying to be every day.”
“May I ask your name?" This was his next question. "Mrs. Evans," she told him.
"And you were always Mrs. Evans?”
“No," she replied; "only since I married Mr. Evans." "And since then you have been always trying to be Mrs. Evans?”
“No," she again replied; "I am Mrs. Evans.”
"Tell me," he asked, "what is it that makes one a child of God?”
“Faith, or believing on the Lord Jesus Christ," was her answer.
“Do you believe on Him as your own Savior?" "Yes," she said.
“Then are you a child of God, or are you trying to be one?”
“Well," she said, "I see my mistake. I did not see so clearly before that I am a child of God.”
Dear ones, we may try to "walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing"; but we need first to make sure that our relationship as children of God is firm and unchangeable. We believers in the finished work of Christ are already made fit "to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light." Col. 1:1212Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: (Colossians 1:12).