Heavenly Father
Perhaps it is due to our own earthly father’s failings that we often overlook one key aspect of who God is. Many suffer from father’s who have failed to show an accurate portrayal for their children regarding our Heavenly Father’s love for us. There are those who have had neglectful fathers, absent fathers, fathers who struggle with idols, as well as many other characteristics that make it hard to see God the Father as someone who truly cares for us. So today, I wish to remind our readers who may feel as if our Heavenly Father is one who is absent, unapproachable, or reckless in His love and design for us that this is far from the truth.
To put it bluntly, God has not forgotten you dear readers. God’s love for His children is without measure, and because He loves us He protects and defends us.
5 A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy dwelling.
6 God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious live in parched lands.
Psalm 68:5-6
God is aware of all the tribulations that we face in this age, and even so He provides for us. When our own earthly fathers fail, we have a Heavenly Father who never will. God gives us peace and a hope for a better future. No matter how many times we fail, He loves us.
God is not absent in our lives, in fact He wants nothing more than to be the center of our hearts! God wants a relationship with us! How crazy is it to imagine that the God who has made the innumerable stars, knows exactly how many hairs are on our head!
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Matthew 10:29-30
We were not put here by a freak accident, nor is God just sitting idly by and seeing how His creations handle the events being thrown their way. God is an active Father and He cares for you and I! We have been created with a purpose, a design, and if we allow God to work through us we begin to realize exactly how much He cares for us!
8 Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
Isaiah 64:8
I hope today that you take time to reflect that God cares for you, He wants a relationship with you. No matter the circumstances our Heavenly Father cares and is there. This means He is there in the good times and bad times, He is there when we want Him there and even when we think we do not need Him. If you are a father or hope to be one some day, remember that our Heavenly Father is the perfect depiction of what a father should strive to be. While this goal is impossible for earthly fathers, pointing to the Heavenly Father is not. Each action of a father, no matter in success or after a failure, needs to point to why we need a Heavenly Father. An important rule needs to be recognized, God created the Father role in such a way as to only be perfected by Himself. Likewise the human race was created to survive through the role of what a father does, pointing towards the importance that God has placed in this role for Himself. Only He can ascertain the level that is required, we need to be able to recognize this accomplishment by God and know He is there for us each and everyday.
Seek the truth and encourage one another,
Alex