Our Good Father
Our Good Father That’s Just Who He Is
We have such a good, Holy, and Infinite Father. He sees all of our sins and yet freely offers us a path to forgiveness.
The path?
It’s not a mystery.
As we trek through the rat race of this life, God doesn’t make us jump through hoops or sign a written contract. There’s no wearing a scarlet letter or public shaming for our sins.
No, none of that, as far as God is concerned.
The one, true God, is good and He cares about us.
Eternal Embrace
The truth is humbling. We have the blessed assurance that He will always welcome us back, if we are truly sorry for our sins. No matter what they are.
In our prayers, we must show up at His throne with our broken, wounded, and repentant hearts.
We deserve nothing, but instead of rejecting us, God embraces and forgives us for the prodigal sons and daughters that we are, desperately in need of His grace.
God is Good All the Time
He doesn’t allow difficulties to enter into our lives out of some twisted desire to see us suffer.
We fail Him often, but He never fails.
There’s a song we sang in church recently that’s a favorite. The chorus has been on my mind a lot lately, especially as I’m watching joy-killing news on television or reading sad headlines on Facebook.
I’m grateful that a song like this one can come to me when I need some encouragement. It always comes to mind at just the right time. I’m thankful to God that I can turn off brain-clogging mainstream news and focus on what is, ultimately, untarnished hope.
The title is “Good Good Father,” sung here by Chris Tomlin. I’ve posted it so you can delight in God too.
Our Past Does Not Have To Dictate Our Future
Life has it’s share of disappointments and trials, but there’s one constant we can hold onto. God wants none of us to perish. As the Apostle Paul tells us in the Book of 1 Corinthians:
*18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. – 1 Corinthians 1:18. ESV
God bless you this week!
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*Scripture quotation is from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®, copyright © 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
