TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY MAY 2, 2017.
FATHER
DEFINITION:
A male parent; an originator; a protector and provider; the first person in the trinity; the creator, founder and author of this world.
Do not call anyone on earth father; for you have one father and He is in heaven. Matthew 23:9.
If you are an adult, what memories do you have of your father, good and bad? We need to ask the same question to you if you are a child or a young person living at home. What kind of memories are you developing concerning your father?
Does or did your father give you love, wisdom and support? Does the word father give you negative memories of a person who treated you badly?
God wants to show you, through His Word, what a godly father should be like. We can learn as earthly fathers how God expects fathers to live. Our God, who is our Father in heaven sets an example for earthly fathers to live by.
The name “father’ is a title of respect that represents one in authority. It is God’s plan that we all have a father. We all have a birth father. Unfortunately, some grow up never knowing their birth father. In Matthew 23:9 Jesus states that no matter who we are we all have one father and that is “God the Father.” He is our creator, our provider, our protector and He is to be honored above all others.
In Isaiah 49: 15-16 and Lamentations 3:57-58 we are told that God desires to have a close and personal relationship with us. As earthly fathers is this true for us? God is not a distant father. He wants to reveal His presence to us and to be close to us.
In Jeremiah 33:3 and Matthew 6:6 we are told that God, as our Father, wants to communicate with us. To communicate with God, our Father we must open up our heart to Him and be honest with Him. Earthly fathers must desire to communicate with their children and teach them to communicate with their heavenly Father. Do you pray with your children?
In Romans 5:8 we are told that God, our Father, loves us unconditionally. God is wise and knows everything about us and loves us. Period! As fathers, we must love our children unconditionally.
In Philippians 4:19 we are reminded that God already knows all of our needs before we talk to Him about them. He is our provider and always gives to us perfectly, not what we think we need but what God knows we need to glorify His name. Even though earthly fathers sometimes fail to provide for their children because of lack of concern or unavoidable circumstances our heavenly Father is always there for us.
In Deuteronomy 31: 6,8 we are reminded that God will always be with us. Wherever we go God goes with us and He will never leave us nor forsake us.
In Hebrews 12:5-10 we are told that God, our heavenly Father disciplines us. Sometimes it will hurt. Other times we will not like it. But because he disciplines us it reminds us that we are His child. He corrects us to protect us from evil and to teach us to be obedient.
Earthly fathers must correct their children and teach them what is right and true to protect them from the evil world they live in.
In Galatians 6:7-8 God tells us that He holds us accountable as to how we live our life. We are accountable to God just as a child is accountable to his or her earthly father. This accountability protects us from many dangerous and destructive things.
In Proverbs 3:5-6 we are reminded that God will always help us do the right thing. He is our best example and will always give us the best counsel.
If you are a father you can learn from these examples given to us by our heavenly Father and strive to be the kind of father God wants you to be.
Our memory verse for this week is found in Matthew 7:7.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
I thank You today for being my God and my Father. Thank You for loving me and forgiving me of all my wrong doings. Thank You for being my provider and my protector and my salvation. I praise You for all that You are, the one and only God and Father of all creation.
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