Fatherhood of God

I've been wanting to do this post for a while now, and I just never got around to it.

Some things you think to say or write lose their relevance if you wait long enough. But this does not. Nor will it ever. Not for me or not for you.

This summer David Platt (pastor at the Church at Brook Hills) did a Father's Day sermon called "The Fatherhood of God."

I feel like the whole idea of God being our Father is an idea that we just assume everyone understands and we move on to what some might think are bigger and better things of God. But God being our Father is one of the things that makes Christianity different from everything else.

The idea of God being our Father implies that we have a relationship with Him, a close one. Like a father and a child. Whether you have the best dad in the world or the worst one, most people understand what a dad should be like. That he cares and wants the best for you. That he brags on you and wants to teach you things. That he longs to discipline you so that you might understand what a good life is. Everything he does is for your benefit.

Your dad may be just like that or the complete opposite. But the greatest thing ever? God is our heavenly Father, and He is better than any earthly father you could ever imagine. Really.

You may think that I don't know what I'm talking about or wonder what exactly I am talking about. For me, I never understood how important this part of the relationship was until my earthly dad was taken away. Fortunately, for us still here, it was not a sudden death, so we had time to process what was happening.

From the very beginning when my dad got sick, God was so quick to show me how He fulfills all the roles that my daddy was leaving behind. God opened my eyes to see that He had been waiting for that intimate relationship that happens between a father and his child--a dad and His girl. And with my eyes open, I was able to run into His arms, press into Him, and allow Him to comfort me, change me, work everything out.

From my dad's death, I was drawn into a deeper relationship with my Heavenly Father that, without his death, I don't think I would have ever sought out on my own. God truly knows what we need and what is best.

All it takes is surrender. Surrender to the fact that He knows better and that He's going to make everything good.

http://www.disciplemakingintl.org/media/series/view/514/the-fatherhood-of-god?filter=series

Whoops...

So for that "new approach" to blogging... Whoops.

I just downloaded the Blogger app, so maybe this will help. But there are no excuses.