Who's Your Daddy?

Happy Sunday!

Happy Father's Day!  Matthew 5:48 says, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."(KJV).  The Message Translation says it this way, "In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created IDENTITY. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.”

Perfect is defined as "having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be; absolute; complete".   Don't miss this!  If God is your father, you should be as good as it is possible. You should look like Him, walk like Him, and talk like Him.  Matthew 5:16 says, " Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."(KJV).

Did you know there are only two spiritual families on earth?  And only two fathers?  You are a spirit, you have a soul, and you live in a body.  Whether you realize it or not, you are in one family or the other.  Jesus rebuked a group of people and said, "For you are the children of your father the devil and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and a hater of truth—there is not an iota of truth in him. When he lies, it is perfectly normal; for he is the father of liars.  And so when I tell the truth, you just naturally don’t believe it!"(John 8:44-45, Living Bible).

Who's your Daddy?  Who are you resembling?  Jesus described how God's children should be identified, "However, I say to you, love your enemy, bless the one who curses you, do something wonderful for the one who hates you, and respond to the very ones who persecute you by praying for them. For that will reveal your IDENTITY as children of your heavenly Father. He is kind to all by bringing the sunrise to warm and rainfall to refresh whether a person does what is good or evil."(Matthew 5:44-45, Passion).

Fathers are Essential!  During this COVID-19 adventure, we have reclassified what jobs are essential.  Celebrities and sports stars have taken a back seat to the cashier, the trash man, the first responder, the nurse, and the doctor.  Those that can save a life, and improve our daily lives have moved to the forefront.  But fathers should always remain essential.  A father gives his child their identity.  We love our mothers and we know they have held it all together, but as a daughter I wanted a relationship with my father.  I wanted to hear praise from his lips.  I wanted to know that I was wanted, and not rejected.  Thankfully, I have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal savior.  He not only forgave my sins: past, present, and future.  But I was adopted into His family.  Ephesians 1:5 says, "His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us. And he did this because he wanted to!"(Living Bible).  He did it because he wanted to, because he loves me.  Not because the state forced him to love me or care for me, but because he is a Good, Good Father.

I'm so thankful to know some amazing fathers!   Their children are So Blessed to have them!  If by chance, your father was not what he should have been don't lose heart.  Our Heavenly Father can step in and fill the empty spaces.  He will provide everything you need in this life and the next.

Love and prayers, Cynthia