AUGUST 20
PAPA'S FIRST FRUITS
James 1:18
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. (WEB)
When a farmer offers up the first harvest fruits, it is the best he can give. I love that our heavenly Father gave us the gift of a new birth so we could be His first fruits on full display throughout the universe.
The Amplified Bible translates James 1:18 this way… And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself]. (AMP)
In the verse just before today's reading, James 1:17, we read how God is the giver of all good gifts… Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow. (WEB)
Isn’t it amazing that we have received the immeasurable gift of being called God’s kids? There is no higher honor or greater joy in all of the universe!
1 John 3:1-2
Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is. (WEB)
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. (WEB)
When a farmer offers up the first harvest fruits, it is the best he can give. I love that our heavenly Father gave us the gift of a new birth so we could be His first fruits on full display throughout the universe.
The Amplified Bible translates James 1:18 this way… And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself]. (AMP)
In the verse just before today's reading, James 1:17, we read how God is the giver of all good gifts… Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow. (WEB)
Isn’t it amazing that we have received the immeasurable gift of being called God’s kids? There is no higher honor or greater joy in all of the universe!
1 John 3:1-2
Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is. (WEB)