I remember a while ago when I started having a strong relationship with Jesus, I would hear many Christians talking about God as their Father. I was also calling Him my Father until one day when I was like, wait… I don’t know what kind of relationship I should have with God since I have never had a Father-daughter relationship or any type of Father figure in my life. That time God started healing me that wound of an absent Father and then started little by little showing me what it means to be His daughter.
Recently, I felt like I still did not know if I really considered Him as my father since I felt like I wasn’t always fully open to telling Him anything. I would go to Him because He is God but not “my Father”. For me, I still felt like if I did something He would be mad and would roll His eyes. However, I knew He would still be ready to forgive me because He is God and not “my Father”. I still loved Him so much but I felt like something was missing and I started praying about it.
It wasn’t until recently when I heard, in the most gentle way, God asking me “Do you really believe that I am your Father?”. The same day in the sermon at Church they said ” Do you know that the fact that you are His child brings joy to His heart and He dances in twirl because of that?” (Zephaniah 3:17). That moment I was able to see another facet of God I have never known before. I really started getting a revelation of who He is as my father!
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by His love; He will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17
God reminded me that He is a good Father, a present Father, always ready to listen and talk to me. He is ready and available to me through prayers. He will never leave me nor forsake me (Deuteronomy 31:8). He will give me His peace (Numbers 6: 24-26). My face will be radiant with joy because of being in His presence and I will never be covered in shame (Psalm 34: 4-5). When kids are afraid, they go to their parents; we should do the same and go to Him when we are scared.
This was the GREATEST love message I have ever had from God and it took me to another level of loving Him, knowing Him, and wanting to be in His presence even more. This will help me to be obedient to His call to be in His presence as I understand and get a deeper revelation that He is MY Father! Mine! What a privilege! He wants me, with all His heart, to run to Him for all the help I need, otherwise I may be showing Him that I don’t value His ability to help me and respect Him as my Father.
God wants you to get this love letter. The same way He loves me, and I am sure the way I feel it is not even the third of the real love He has for me, but He loves you exactly the same. God uses your pain for His glory, and the way He turned my pain of not having a Father to being the PERFECT Father for me, He will do the same for you if you allow Him to. Maybe you had an absent Father one way or another, know that God said that He will never leave you nor forsake you, and His word is always truth. Maybe your biological father was never satisfied with you and that broke your heart but know that the Lord will rejoice over you with gladness and will quiet you with His love. Maybe your biological father was emotionally distant, know that God is so emotionally connected to you and that was shown through the parable of the prodigal son as that father could not be happy while his son was away. God cannot be happy while you are away! Maybe you were blessed with a great father, Glory to God! With that being said, God is still above any biological father. Instead of looking at them to know what kind of God He is, let’s look at Jesus, look at what Jesus had to endure because of you and me, what He had to overcome for us to live a free life. Let’s look at the cross and the empty tomb. Receive His love, Receive Him.
Prayer: Father God, help me to accept your love. Help me to grasp even a small portion of your love for me. I want to feel close to you like never before. I want to live for you, I only want you in my life. Remove anything that does not please you in me and heal me any wound that is preventing me from receiving your love. Use any pain that I endured for your glory, in serving others who may have gone through the same thing. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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