This last couple weeks has been crazy for many
reasons. It has been busy with youth
camp, preparation for outreach and other ministry and family stuff as well as lots
of blessings. They came from different
kinds of directions.
This past
Sunday was Father’s Day that reminded us of where we came from. I am a blessed son. My dad is an incredible human and a great
father. He has been for years, 45 to be
exact. As I wrote last Friday my dad has
been my friend, counselor, trusted advisor, and so much more. Maybe your father isn’t like mine, but the
fact is we have a heavenly father that loves us and is all those things for us.
Turn for a
moment to the events of the Sunday before last in Orlanda. It was early on the East Coast, way south of
where we live, deep in the heart of Florida where a lone gunman entered a nightclub
and ended the lives of 49 people and injured many more. It was a horrible scene on the news. It must have been so shocking to all who were
there.
There has been
talk of the shooter being Muslim, of the club being for people who have chosen
to be a part of the LGBT community, others have spoken about mental illness or
gun control. I submit to you and to me
that every one of the people touched by that horrific event were human. Each has or had a father. Each of them needs our Heavenly Father that
is incredible.
We have a
Father who loves us, he is for us, he is watching and cares and so much more. If we could just get that truth, life would
be different. We would look at ourselves
much different. We would respond to
others differently. We would undoubtedly
make a difference and use our resources differently.
If you then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”
Our God is beginning of
everything. Thus, He is the Father and
what holds it all together. This is
another truth that will help us follow His leading and to know His love.
Ephesians
3:14-15 NASB
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in
heaven and on earth derives its name,
There is more to knowing God than
knowing about it. It is much like any
relationship. Some people we have
met. Some people we know. We know the sound of their voice or even what
they smell like. Being around these
people feels right because we know and love them. Our relationship with God should be much the
same.
Romans
8:15 NASB
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading
to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we
cry out, “Abba! Father!”
I am grateful for our earthly father
who has shown me some of what my heavenly Father is like. To be close to God makes life so much better.
NOTE: tomorrow’s e-devotion will be the last for this
month. They will begin again on July
5th. Thank you for allowing me to share
with you and for allowing my father to be away
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