[[-SOAP HUB]] | [[-Psalm Overview]] | [[Psalm 68]] ## Title: Our Spiritual Family ## Scripture: (Psalm 68:5-6) “He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy dwelling place. God settles in their own homes those who have been deserted; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.” (NET) ## Observation: It is a beautiful thing to realize that, even though we cannot choose the family we are born into, we have a spiritual family because God has chosen us. I heard someone once say that his adopted daughter was struggling with the fact that she had been adopted. Her soul was crushed to think that her birth family did not want her. My friend said, “What do you mean? Most people have no say over the family they grow up in. You had the privilege of being chosen. You are here because we want you to be.” My friend was not trying to make light of the reality she had to reconcile about her birth family. However, he wanted to make sure she knew that she was surrounded by people who wanted her. How often do we think of our local church as a place where we go once a week to “consume” church and then go home? We don’t think of it as a spiritual family. That is a shame because there is true family waiting for us if we are willing to plug in. ## Application: Don’t just go to church. Be the church. Find a spiritual family and commit to it. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for placing us into a spiritual family.