Who’s Your Daddy?

When someone comes into the  kingdom of  God they inherit a family. They become a son or a daughter to a father who not only loves them but who breathed  his hopes and dreams into them. We are no longer orphans but are totally accepted , and have a rightful place at the family table.  Not only do we belong at the table, but we share in everything being served. We converse with the father freely while eating the same delicious supper  the Father is eating.  But why so many times do we excuse our selves, and eat the crumbs that lie on the dirty floor? So many believers these days have a backward sense of who they are in Christ. We not only dismiss our selves from the table, but we refuse to sit there out of a false sense of humility. We say we aren’t worthy when he paid the price and grafted us in to his righteous kingdom.

I was talking to a lady recently, and she was telling me how her car had broken down. She went on to tell me how it was probably God teaching her a lesson, and how he wanted to humble her. This is not the case. God isn’t insecure, he knows who he is. This sounds more like an abusive father who slaps his kids around so they know who the boss is. Listen. He made the universe, and he doesn’t need to put you in your place. He is fully secure in who He is.

I believe there is a direct coloration between our relationship with our earthly fathers and our heavenly father. If we look at God through the lenses of our earthly experience we will not only misinterpret God, but we will dismiss him when he knocks on our door. So many people think God is coming to bop us over the head with a wrench, but really he came to do some repairs.

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~ by johnlinnell on February 18, 2011.