Does God Believe in Adoption and Guardianship?

Does God Believe in Adoption and Guardianship? Absolutely He does.
Many times there are events in someone’s life that they have no control over. At times some people were not meant to raise a child due to their age, mentality, handicaps, death, injuries, and any number of other circumstances. Children were born to people for a reason…but children were raised by others for a reason and a purpose as well. What we don’t see in life: God does. He sees the beginning, middle, and end of a situation. God knows the purpose for which each person is born and He knows exactly where that person should be.
There are two kinds of adoption: One is by the means by which all believers enter into the family of God. The second is where someone else raises a child that was not born to them biologically. God does not believe in abortion so when someone chooses to follow God’s will and have the baby and gives it up for adoption they need to know that this was not a mistake. God knows every child before they are formed in their mother’s womb. God has a plan for the child and the one that will raise the child. God does not believe in sex before marriage but if someone gets pregnant and chooses to have the baby and they can know that having the child and not killing it that adoption is God’s will…they can also know that God still has a plan for the child and the mother.
It is not an awful thing that someone raise another’s child. God says no child is a mistake. There might be horrible things happen in this world but no child is a mistake. God wanted you!

For as many are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs -- heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
Romans 8:14-17
Even though the Bible uses the word "adopt" only about four times, it refers to the concept of adoption surprisingly often. And when it does, the Bible always presents adoption as a positive, gracious act that is part of God's plan. Let’s discuss a few of the adoptions in the Bible…they were adoptions or would have been called guardianships.
Moses, for example, was adopted by Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2:1-10). His adoption, though sad for his Israelite parents, was part of God's overall plan for the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Giving a child up for adoption or guardianship can be really traumatic for the parents, but sometimes it is God’s will. God had a plan that Moses was called to complete for Him.
Esther was also an adoptee. We are told that when her parents died, Mordecai, her cousin, took her as his own daughter and adopted her (Esther 2:15). This adoption also led to a wonderful deliverance of the people of God! Esther played a great roll for her people and the exact roll God had for her to complete. She was no mistake and what she did for her people was exactly what God had in mind for her. Mordecai loved Esther and took great care of her. Even after she was taken to the king…Mordecai got word to Esther. Mordecai was a loving and great father to her.
And in a way, wasn't Jesus an adoptee? Joseph, who raised Jesus as his own, was not His biological father. Adopting parents can learn a great deal from Joseph! This man of God was truly unselfish; he was willing to rearrange his whole life in obedience to God. Joseph gladly accepted Jesus, providing Him with all the love, encouragement, and guidance that a son needs from a father. This is how every adoptive or guardian should act. Children are a blessing and a gift from God and raising any child should be a blessing. How can anyone look into the face of a baby and not love and want to care for them?
The greatest adoption story of all is that there is only one way for us to enter the Kingdom of God -- we must become God's adopted children through Jesus Christ. The New King James version expresses this relationship beautifully:
Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise and glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:6
Isn't this incredible? God chooses us to be His adopted children, not because He has to, but because He wants to! In adopting us through Christ, He shows the depth of His love. What a delightful model this presents to those who want to adopt a child as their son or daughter. Anyone who has the opportunity to love a child and raise them should feel and understand just how blessed they really are.
For Christians struggling with infertility or who want to enlarge their family circle, adoption is not second best. It is simply one way that God in His wisdom can choose for us to be parents. Whether one becomes a parent biologically, guardianship, or through adoption, the fact is that children are not a right -- they are a gift from God:
Children are a heritage from the Lord.
Psalm 127:3
What about individual Christians struggling with their choices?
Some people can not have children for many reasons but this also might very well be a blessing for them, because maybe God wants them to raise another’s baby as their own and guide them in the way God wants them guided. Some people also should not have children. Some will never love a child and they should not have children if they can’t love and care for them.
One thing is certain. When birthparents make the decision to place their child with a believing family, God works in and through the process. Not only does He bless the adoptive family with a long-awaited (and prayed-for) child, He also blesses the birthparents with the peace of knowing that their child one day will have every opportunity to claim his or her rightful place as an adult member of God's Kingdom.
The child will be blessed, too, with the security of knowing that God has been watching over and protecting him or her since before birth (Jeremiah 1:5). God may even use the process of adoption to advance His Kingdom. Who knows what eternal plans He has for that child? God sees all, knows all, and God loves His children. If you have been blessed to raise a child you did not birth consider it a blessing from God.
I was given this wonderful opportunity as well. The circumstances don’t need mentioned here but I can tell you that I love Andrew as much as if I had birthed him, and I am so blessed for raising him. Sometimes we don’t understand why God does what He does. Andrew is my child just as Jesus was Joseph’s, just as Esther was Mordecai, just as Moses was raised as the daughter or Pharaoh until which time God had prepared for Him.
I am a blessed person and I love all my children. They are all loved. I am so thankful to God for the children He allowed me to love on. God is so awesome.
If you are considering raising a child that is not yours…seek God. You just might have a child to raise that ends up a Moses, an Esther, or someone else God has a great plan for. Take that job seriously and do it the best you can. God will give you strength to do it. God bless you.