It’s Father’s Day. Let us celebrate by seeking the heart of our Heavenly Father. His will be done, in our lives just as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-13. Each day is truly blessed because each day is made by our loving, heavenly Father.
The reality that the creator of the universe adopts me as His son is not just a fact to know. I am a son of the King of all kings. I can never be more or less a son of the Father. I will always be His son, no matter what, and can know that He cares for me just as Jesus demonstrated through His life as well as many of the word pictures of God Jesus gave us. I can know that no matter how far I run from God, as soon as I turn back to Him, He will run to me and prepare the best party ever to celebrate my return.
It breaks my heart how quickly I doubt the Father. Everything demonstrates that God is love. And love, we are shown, never fails or ceases. Of all the things David knew about God, He could boil it down to the fact that God is strong and that God is loving.
The Father is. He is love.
Not just for a moment or for some finite period of time.
Not just when I do the “right” thing.
Not just when I don’t miss curfew.
Not just when He feels like it.
He is love. All the time.
And He doesn’t sit around disappointed in Himself and take that out on me. He never goes into a funk and drinks too much or disappears. He never gets in a fight with Jesus or the Holy Spirit and punishes me for it. He just loves and does so perfectly and with all the honor, and all the power, and all the glory.
God is our Father. Just as He feeds the multitudes of birds that I can hear right now as I type this, just as He takes care of the ants who roam the ground, just as He clothes the lovely hibiscus, and just as He warms all of us with the sun, He cares for you, me, all of us.
He desires that all of His children will be saved and restored to a right relationship with Him. 1 Timothy 2:1-6. He longs for you and He grieves for you when you are away. That’s what dads do when their children are missing. Ezekiel 6:9.
Can’t you hear that cry ring out across the sky when you are away from Him? The very cry He let out when Adam and Eve hid from Him? Three of the most beautiful words in the bible are given in Genesis 3, right after Adam and Eve doubted God for the very first time. He cried out, “WHERE ARE YOU?” Genesis 3:9.
He is still crying out those words to His children who would doubt the truth of His great love. “Come back!” “Dwell in My house!” “Enjoy the fruit of My pastures.”
Oh Father, How great is Your love for us!!! Forgive us when we doubt your faithfulness and devotedness. Thank you for loving eternally and providing a way and a purpose for each of us. Happy Father’s Day!
