Children of God
Illustration★★★★Once upon a time there lived a very wise king who had a son. The king feared that his son would be spoiled by the adulation of the courtiers and servants of the court, so he sent the prince to a peasant couple to be brought up as their own son. The child knew nothing of his royal birth, or of his father’s riches and power. He worked and studied and played like any other peasant child.
It was not until he had grown into a strong, self-reliant young man that the king sent for him, and revealed his heritage and true posi- tion in life. This plot has been used for many famous tales. But it is one that carries an important message with it, because most of us are like that child.
Brought up in ignorance of our divine heritage, we think that we are poor and powerless. Emerson says that Jesus Christ alone, of all those who have lived upon this earth, appreciated the worth of man—the greatness of man and his unlimited possibilities. Remember that the Lord Jesus said, “...1 came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” Gn.
10:10). Again and again Jesus reminded us that we, too, are sons and daughters of the divine: children of God!
— Fischer
The point
A parable showing that we are children of God with divine heritage; like a prince raised as a peasant, we often remain ignorant of our true worth and unlimited spiritual possibilities.