Galations 4:7 Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, everything he has belongs to you. I don’t really have a lot to say about this verse since so much has already been said… but I really like this verse. I like the picture of me as God’s child. I like the promise that because I am His child, all that He has is also mine. Earlier Paul makes a good point though, that just because it’s mine, too, that doesn’t mean I have it all right now. It’s like if a parent dies and leaves their child a good deal of money that parent (or maybe the court) appoints someone to watch the child and the child doesn’t get all that money until they reach a certain age and can be responsible with it. Maybe part of our trouble is that we’re not mature enough to handle God’s many blessings responsibly, so He’s waiting for us to grow up before showering those on us. It’s like the teachings on stewardship and money – he who can be faithful with a little can be trusted with more. So maybe the reason we don’t have more of the blessings from God is that we, like children, haven’t learned to be responsible enough to handle the blessing in a good manner. It’s an interesting thought…