God the Father

A father is not only someone who helped to create you, but he’s someone who is always there for you. He loves you and takes care of you. He is strong. He protects you and wants the best for you. He would even die for you—not only physically, but he will die to what he wants or needs in order for his family to have what they need.

Some of you can relate to this because your father is, or was, this way. And some of you can’t relate because your father either wasn’t around, or never was this way for you. But whether your earthly father was a good father or not, you have a heavenly Father who loves you and is always there for you. He created you and has been providing for you all of your life. He wants what’s best for you. Our heavenly Father is the only example of a perfect father. We know that all earthly fathers make mistakes. Our fathers may be good or bad by our standards, but either way, the Heavenly Father is our example of what a father really should be. And men should strive to be as much like the Heavenly Father as possible.

Your father may be living or deceased. He may have been a big part of your life, or he may have been non-existent. He may have been your natural father, or he may have adopted you. No matter what type of father you’ve had, you can be glad to know that if you are in Christ, you have a Father who loves you so much He has an engraving of you in the palm of His hand. And God will never leave you nor forsake you. And He’ll never forget you.

Isaiah 49:14-16 “But Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.’ ‘Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…’”

It’s one thing for your dad to have a picture of you on his desk, but what about having you engraved on his palms? Now that’s love!

Just like a child is chosen for adoption, God has chosen to adopt you! Eph 1:4-5 “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— “

If you have a good father, be thankful to God. If your father has not been the example father that you wished you could have, then look to God as your father. Either way, God is your Father. For those of you whose father’s have passed away, God is still your Father. He will take care of you. Look to him as a child would look to his father. Rely on Him because He is reliable. Trust Him because He is trustworthy. Have faith in Him because He is faithful.

So on this Father’s Day, let’s remember our dads, and let’s honor them. But let’s not forget the perfect Heavenly Father who is always there for us and who loves us so much!

1 Jn 3:1 – “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!...”

*All scripture references are from the NIV bible unless indicated otherwise.