Finding God as Father

As Christians we’ve been promised that God is sovereign over EVERY detail of our lives. You name it, He’s put it there! He is sovereign over every circumstance we face daily and, even better, He promises that everything He places in our lives is for our good and His glory (Romans 5:28). He is our faithful Shepherd that leads us through everything. (Psalm 23)

As our heavenly father, God loves us, His children, with a very special love, a fatherly love. He calls us His chosen people and with that, loves us dearly. He delights in us as a father delights in his children. Matthew Henry says, “The great God not only loves His saints, but He loves to love them.” God takes great delight in loving us because we are His very own!

“In Psalm 103:11 David speaks of God’s Fatherly love in this way: “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love to those who fear him.” Here we see that God's love for His own is as high as the heavens are above the earth. Just as God’s wisdom, like the height of the heavens, cannot be measured, so God’s love for us cannot be measured. It is not only perfect in its affect; it is infinite in its extent. No calamity that may come upon us, however great it may be, can carry us beyond the pale of God’s fatherly love for us.” –Jerry Bridges

Be encouraged by the following words from Mr. B.J. Hoff…

“There is nowhere we can go that He has not been there before us… We walk always in the shadow of His presence and His care… for the Shepherd doesn’t call His sheep to unfamiliar pasture- He has promised that, where we are, we will also find Him there.”

Tomorrow we’ll look at how we go about trusting God.