Our Heavenly Father

When the Lord taught the disciples on prayer He encouraged them to begin the prayer this way. "Our Father in heaven.." Matthew 6:9. This coming Sunday we celebrate Father's Day in which we honor our earthly fathers. Everyone has a father but unfortunately not everyone had a good earthly father and that makes days like this a little tough. Many though have had good fathers, not perfect fathers but fathers who loved and cared for their families. I encourage each person who has a father to honor them on Father's Day. Our Father in heaven is not only a good Father but He is a perfect Father. Many people struggle with that thought because they at times view how our Heavenly Father is through the eyes of our earthly father. God does not need me or anyone else to define Himself. He has revealed Himself through nature and through the words of the Bible. Everyone has seen God through His creation but the question is did everyone recognize God through nature. Open up your heart to see His beauty, majesty, creativity, provision, designs and etc. that speaks to the truth that there is a God and all this did not nor could have happen by mere chance. Receiving a revelation of who God is through the Bible comes when we open our Bible and actively seek to know Him through the stories, history and teachings of the Bible. Whether it is through nature or through the Bible our Heavenly Father can be known but I must be willing to listen and to change any thought that is not consistent to the revelation that God is giving to us. Our Heavenly Father is full of compassion and slow to anger, He is all loving and faithful to all His promise and He cannot change. I could say much more on who our Heavenly Father is through His character and essence but you will learn more when you begin to seek Him through your own search to know God and His ways.
I encourage you this Sunday to not only honor your earthly father but to spend some time to honor the King of Kings and Lord of Lords for He is the best Father ever and He is so willing to help us that it grieves His heart when we will not allow Him to help us. To my Father in Heaven I honor You today and on this Sunday may I honor You above all else for You deserve it. May our Father in Heaven bless you.

Pastor John