Do you ever get tired of adult responsibilities? In
Christ, we never “grow up”. You are His child, totally dependent upon our
Father God’s divine power for everything pertaining to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3-4). This
is not an ethereal metaphor, but a simple, sensible and sincere relationship.
As God’s children, we fully realize in spirit, body and soul – our thoughts,
choices and emotions – that only He can sustain our life. He calls us to share
in His glory and virtue.
God does not remove our free will, but simply loves us so
much that we joyfully submit to His desires. We soon realize that we are
totally incapable of supplying what we truly want and need from life. In total
surrender to His will and ways, we find complete fulfillment that transcends
anything this world, the devil or the flesh have to offer. We shed our molting
skin of flesh and walk in newness of life by God’s Spirit (Galatians 5:16,25).
We can fully trust our Father God. We serve the God of
nations, and there is no one like Him (Psalm 33:12; Jeremiah 10:6; 1 Samuel 2:2). He is greater than
every one else (2
Chronicles 2:5). He is the God of angel armies (Malachi 2:16). He gives us rest all
around us (2 Chronicles
20:30; Joshua 21:44; 2 Samuel 7:1). History proves the words of
scripture, which diagram God’s hand in the lives of mankind throughout the
ages. There is not one reason for us to distrust Him.
When we come into union with our Father God through
salvation, His will becomes our will, His choices become our choices, and the
objects of His love become the objects of our love. We exhibit His divine
nature in us, as our old human nature diminishes, because it is dead and buried
with Christ in God. Jesus Christ is our whole life (Colossians 3:3-4). This union through Christ
inseparably binds us together in union with our Father and His.
Prayer:
Father God, we will rejoice in You, even if life throws at us one catastrophe after another (Habakkuk 3:17). You give Your angels charge over us, to protect us wherever we are and to keep us from harm (Psalm 91:11-12). If darkness dares to surround us, You come as our Light (Micah 7:8). Whenever we fall, You are right there to pick us up again (Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 24:16). No one can ever separate us from Your love (Romans 8:35). We praise You and give You all of the honor and glory due Your name (Psalm 29:2, 96:8).
Father God, we will rejoice in You, even if life throws at us one catastrophe after another (Habakkuk 3:17). You give Your angels charge over us, to protect us wherever we are and to keep us from harm (Psalm 91:11-12). If darkness dares to surround us, You come as our Light (Micah 7:8). Whenever we fall, You are right there to pick us up again (Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 24:16). No one can ever separate us from Your love (Romans 8:35). We praise You and give You all of the honor and glory due Your name (Psalm 29:2, 96:8).
Thought for the Day:
Our Father God may put us flat on our back, but it is only so that we will finally look up into His loving face.
Our Father God may put us flat on our back, but it is only so that we will finally look up into His loving face.
