Beloved, see what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1
John teaches us this amazing truth. God the Father calls us his children. This was an astounding revelation. The almighty Maker of heaven and earth invites us into a relationship with him. And it is pure gift. He simply “bestows on us” the gift of being his children. Other translations say, “See what love the Father has lavished upon us.”
God gives us the gift of being his sons and daughters before we can do anything for him. He accepts us even though we still have faults and failures. God doesn’t say that before we have a relationship with him we have to clean up our act. God doesn’t say that I’ll love you if you get to church every week or two times a month. God loves and accepts you because God is love.
Ask the Holy Spirit to give you a deeper appreciation and understanding that you are the beloved child of your heavenly Father. Pray that truth will deepen your mind, in your heart and in your soul.