Father God
Father - a male family leader intended to nurture, guide, protect and provide for his children.
God - the supreme, infinite Being that created the universe and remains sovereign, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent while seeking a personal relationship with mankind whom He created in His image.
I'm in the beginning of a month of focusing on the Lord's Prayer using a book called Lord, Teach Me to Pray in 28 Days by Kay Arthur.
So far, I'm still lingering over that first phrase. "Our Father which art in heaven."
Father God.
Individually, those words carry such beauty. A good father, and all the soul-stirring imagery that comes with it (think "Butterfly Kisses" or "Cinderella"). That's what God is, in the ultimate way. The best there could be.
Every act driven by love, genuine, selfless love.
Wanting a personal relationship with each of His children.
Speaking, interacting, loving, providing, protecting. teaching, leading, modeling.
Father. Daddy.
But, He doesn't stop there. As we approach His throne in prayer, we can be sure we have come before His father's heart, but we also are communicating with the God of the universe.
He knows my thoughts. He knows what is best for me. He knows tomorrow, next week, next month, next year.
He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. He is our shelter and strength. Ever present.
God.
I have often opened prayer time with s focus on worship and praise, but adding that simple word, "Father" to that time of worship gives it a sweetness, a tenderness, a fullness that it previously lacked.
If you do not already, I would challenge you to open your prayer times this week with those two simple words, "Father God" and pause a minute as they sink in.
No greater privilege. No greater love.
God - the supreme, infinite Being that created the universe and remains sovereign, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent while seeking a personal relationship with mankind whom He created in His image.
I'm in the beginning of a month of focusing on the Lord's Prayer using a book called Lord, Teach Me to Pray in 28 Days by Kay Arthur.
So far, I'm still lingering over that first phrase. "Our Father which art in heaven."
Father God.
Individually, those words carry such beauty. A good father, and all the soul-stirring imagery that comes with it (think "Butterfly Kisses" or "Cinderella"). That's what God is, in the ultimate way. The best there could be.
Every act driven by love, genuine, selfless love.
Wanting a personal relationship with each of His children.
Speaking, interacting, loving, providing, protecting. teaching, leading, modeling.
Father. Daddy.
But, He doesn't stop there. As we approach His throne in prayer, we can be sure we have come before His father's heart, but we also are communicating with the God of the universe.
He knows my thoughts. He knows what is best for me. He knows tomorrow, next week, next month, next year.
He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. He is our shelter and strength. Ever present.
God.
I have often opened prayer time with s focus on worship and praise, but adding that simple word, "Father" to that time of worship gives it a sweetness, a tenderness, a fullness that it previously lacked.
If you do not already, I would challenge you to open your prayer times this week with those two simple words, "Father God" and pause a minute as they sink in.
No greater privilege. No greater love.
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