Sunday, June 15, 2014
Father To Father
Today is Father’s Day and to all my fellow fathers I wish you a very happy and fun day with your families. As I thought about this day and prepared for a cook out with my family, it occurred to me that we all have separate fathers, but we are all also bound together by the fact that we all have the same Father, our God and King. On this day, I find myself wanting to give Him a gift. But, what do you give someone that has everything.
Psalms 50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
As I thought about this, it became obvious the one gift I could give my heavenly Father. Me. More of me, at least. The one thing that God wants is us. He wants us to be His family. He wants to provide for us and care for us.
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
So, on this day, we all can celebrate together, even though we are apart. For one thing is true, we all have the greatest Father, our God and King.
Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You. You alone are the Most High. Thank You for all You do for us. Thank You for being our Dad. Forgive us when we forget You, don’t stop by for a visit, don’t call, or just get too busy. We don’t want to do that. Help us. Help us be more like You. Please send today Your deliverance, healing, and overwhelming provision. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.