When John F. Kennedy was president of the United States, there is a famous photograph of him inside the Oval Office.  He is sitting behind the Resolute desk working, looking over his papers and below him, under the Resolute desk is seated on the floor, none other than his son, John F. Kennedy Junior.  He was just a toddler at the time but what an amazing photo.  Here you have the most powerful man in the world at the time, in an office that to get to it, you would have to go through so much clearance and security.  As you know, not just anyone can enter the office, only those who are of utmost importance, government officials and world leaders not to mention the rich and famous who have influenced our lives today as we know it.   A room where top secret conversations and plans are carried out, a room which represents the American presidency and the power and responsibilities that come with it.  To some it is considered a sacred ground in Washington.  Yet, here was this toddler playing on the floor under the President’s desk.  Why?  Did he do anything special, was he a world leader, did he have to go through security, did he accomplish some great feat, do something incredible to help out humanity, achieve world peace?  No, he didn’t do anything.  He was simply J.F.K.’s kid! As believers we too have been given access into a room much more sacred than any man made Oval office.  We have been given access to the holiest of holies, the ever present throne room of God’s grace.  Was it because of anything we did, or anything we can achieve, or do in the future?  Nope, it is all because of this one truth.  We are his kids!  When Jesus died on the cross, he said, “It is finished”.  When we believe on Jesus and in the finished redemptive work on the cross for the salvation of our lives, we are born again into the family of God, John 1:12.  This gives us now access into the grace in which we now stand, Romans 5:2.  And we can rejoice in this truth.  We are no longer under the law and its demands on our lives.  We are under grace where sin and death has no control over us, Romans 6:14.  Grace says it is finished, we are children of God, we have been blessed in the heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3), we are seated with Christ (Ephesians 2:6), we are in the light and no longer in darkness(Colossians 1:13-14), we are sons of the most living God(Romans 8:15-16)!  So, why do we live like we need special access to the Oval Office?  Why do we approach God as if we are mere men?  Strangers, thinking we have to try harder, or do a list of things to obtain special clearance and status just to enter into His presence?  Did you know that when you first trusted in Christ the Bible says we have been crucified with Christ(Galatians 2:20), we have been given a new nature(2 Corinthians 5:17)?  We are family now, no longer strangers or aliens but citizens, belonging to the household of God(Ephesians 2:13-19).  We can now enter into the throne room of grace with boldness because we have been brought near by the blood(Hebrews 4:16, Ephesians 2:13).  We now have access to all the blessings that come with being a kid in the White House of Christ!  We are included in His presence and now have the privilege to participate in the King’s business in which we have no business to begin with.  So dwell on this truth and be thankful.  When false teachers, the enemy, your old mind wants you to go through security first, do this, give up that, to get to your daddy, you just get out your birth certificate.  You are His kid, now go take your place where you rightfully belong, under the Resolute desk of His grace.