A Father's Love

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A Father’s Love
“They are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” (Romans 8:14-15)

We who walk the path that’s streight and narrow know who we are not. We are not our own, we’re God’s children. We’re not doomed to death eternal. We are born again into life everlasting. We’re not orphans, God is our Father. We’re not homeless, Jesus prepared a place for us in heaven. The list goes on and on. Our Father owns the cattle on a thousand hills. The earth is our Father’s footstool. We’re not ‘old’ stuff, we’ve been made NEW. Rich beyond measure, blessed endlessly and honored to be a Child of God. How can we not praise Him?

Charles Wesley’s wrote, in verse, many years ago concluding with a stirring testimony of the joy of salvation:

“My God is reconciled; His pardoning voice I hear. He owns me for His child; I can no longer fear. With confidence I now draw nigh, And, “Father, Abba, Father,” cry.

“If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:17-18). Don’t loose sight of this one thing. Once we have received the Spirit of adoption, we are the sons of God; children that He shelters. This is a “new” thing which He consummated on Calvary some 2020 years ago. We who formerly were estranged from our Creator could then be reconciled to Him. “Old things,” such as the bondage to fear, High Priest Overlords and animal sacrifice are “passed away.” The Golden Thread ties are strong, “for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. . . . I will not fear what men shall do unto me” (Hebrews 13:5-6).

Now that He is Abba, God and our Father, we have direct access to Him. He keeps an open door policy. “One on One” is now the rule of commuication between the Father and His children; us! “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you” (James 4:8). Most fathers in the flesh protect and provide for his children. So “how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” (Matthew 7:11). “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And . . . we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him” (1 John 5:14-15). Amen Know God, know peace 04-22-0219 BLL

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