Our Father

Do you remember what happened when you were growing up and some kid’s father down the street bought him or her a fantastic toy that all the other kids wanted? I do. The other kids would say, “I wish he were my father.”

We don’t have to feel that way about God. He’s not somebody else’s Father. He’s your Father. He’s my Father. He’s our Father. He wants the very best for His children. Jesus said, “What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matthew 7:9-11 NKJV).

Our Father is the God of the universe. He is God over all the world’s problems—the Middle East, the oil prices, the stock markets—everything. And yet He’s our Father. Whatever concerns us—even a trivial everyday problem— concerns Him. Jesus said, “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” (Matthew 6:26 NKJV). If our Father is concerned with little things like feeding the birds, how much more can we take our needs to Him.

We don’t have to worry what the future holds because anything we have need of—whether it’s healing, deliverance, comfort, restoration, or provision—our Father is our Source. As His children, our part is to reach out by faith and receive it.

Lindsay Roberts