February 3, 2022 OUR FATHER
John 1:12-13 “But as many as received Him, He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
1 John 3:1 “See what kind of love the Father has given to us that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.”
If there is any truth that should comfort us and bless us and impact our lives in amazing ways, it is that God is our Father-He really is. We are not ‘accidents,’ or the result of a man and a woman deciding to have a baby. The amazing thing is that God knew us eons before we were born physically; in Ephesians 1:4 we read “Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him.” Someone has said that we have God’s DNA. The first two words of the Lord’s Prayer are “Our Father.” Most believers would agree that God is our Father, yet that truth may not have penetrated their spirit; it may be just mental agreement. Personally, I believed, in my mind, for many years that God was my Father, but on one particular night, as I looked up to a star filled sky, I heard in my spirit in a very unmistakable way, God say “The God who made those stars is your Father.” In one minute, everything changed. My immediate thoughts were; since the God that created the universe is my Father, what do I have to fear, or what do I have to worry about? Even when I go through difficult times, He is my Father and I can have a total and everlasting trust in Him. Our Father-our real Father-loves us and He has all wisdom and all power and He is ruling over all. He will talk to us, guide us, comfort us, and equip us to live as His sons and daughters, even in a world that does not know Him. Again, knowing in our innermost being that the Creator God is our Father impacts our lives in a major way; as our Father, He cares for us, teaches us, provides for us, disciplines us when needed because He loves us, and He enjoys our relationship. The important thing for us to know and understand is that having God as our Father does not mean that we will not face trials in this life; our all-knowing Father will allow and will use the difficulties in life in the process of transforming us in to His image. We still live in a fallen world where we on a daily basis see the results of sin; yet we have been transferred to the Kingdom of God and can live as His children, knowing that we are destined to live with Him, in His presence, for eternity. If you are like I was, believing in my mind that God was my Father but not really knowing that in the deepest part of my being, ask God to reveal to you in your spirit that He is YOUR Father. God knew us before we were born; He sent His Son to redeem us and to restore us back to Himself. We are now moving to that day when our redemption will be complete-He is coming again to gather us to Himself for all eternity.
Matthew 6:25-26, 33-34 “For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, not gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?” “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Blessings, Buddy
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