A Father To You

June 26

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort." II Corinthians 1:3

A FATHER TO YOU

"Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord.... And I will welcome you. And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me," says the Lord Almighty. II Corinthians 6:17-18

At least two things are made clear to us through the above scriptural passages—that our God is the Father of mercy and all comfort and that if we want to enjoy the fullness of that reality in our day-to-day lives, we must separate ourselves from the quagmire of every-day life on this fallen planet.

We question the fact of God’s love when we are beset with trials, and indeed, life is fraught with challenges that most often hit us from the blind side. No matter how effectively we plan our careers or manage our relationships or tend to our health, eventually, something for which we did not plan will intrude itself into life.

When those things occur, when we are caught off guard, when we are at a loss as to a viable solution for our dilemma, it is then we must not give up. It is then we must trust the faithfulness of the One who has promised to love us with an “everlasting love,” Jeremiah 31:3.

He who loves us unfailingly tells us in the same verse that He has “…drawn us with unfailing kindness.” If that passage of scripture were the only truth of God we ever read, it would be sufficient to assure us that His heart is filled with good things for us. Let us receive that good with faith and thanksgiving.