Father’s precious
children!
Verse for Today: Saturday, December 29, 2012
Galatians 4:6 – Because you
are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, the Spirit who calls
out, “Abba, Father.”
Children enjoy special privileges
from their fathers. They have the right to call on their fathers for help,
support, guidance and provisions. They can ask their fathers questions for
which they need answers. They inherit the assets of their fathers and carry
their names forward into future generations. In creation, we are all God’s children,
but in Adam, we committed sin and lost our privileges as His children. But God made
us regain our position as His children when we were made to be born again into
God’s family. Through Jesus Christ, we are given all the privileges of His
children including the right to call Him ‘Abba Father.’ We are made co-heirs with Jesus Christ for
all the treasures of God the Father which we can appropriate and enjoy. The
Father has given us His Spirit through whom we can exercise our privileges as
precious children. We can intimately call Him ‘Abba Father’ and present all our
needs, apprehensions, anguishes, pain, misery and burdens to Him. When we go
through difficulties and burdens in life, we can call on the Father to help get
release from it all. When we face darkness in life, we can call Him and ask for
light and direction. When we have shortages, we can ask Him to fill us. Our
Father is available to us in all our circumstances and situations all the time.
He lives for us and with us always. His Spirit has made our hearts and lives
His dwelling place. He speaks to us to correct, rebuke and teach us through His
Spirit and His Word. When we call, He always answers us. He wants us to commit
ourselves to make His name hallowed in our lives and live for His glory. He
wants our hearts and lives to be ceaseless streams of praise and adoration.
Thus when we live to praise Him in all circumstances, He will fill our hearts
with His glory so that there will be no room for grumbling, fear and anxiety.
Dear friend, do you feel that you
are like an orphan because you don’t find anyone who cares for you? Are you
feeling unwanted and isolated in life? Perhaps you might be experiencing
rejection and resentment in life. But you are not abandoned by your Father in
heaven. You are His precious child and He owns you because He purchased you
with the greatest price. He is your creator and He recreated you on the cross
of Calvary to become His beloved child. As the child of the Heavenly Father,
you have every right to call Him ‘Abba Father’ with passion and intimacy. You have
easy and fearless access to His presence through His Son. He is bound to answer
you each time you call on His name. You have innumerable privileges in His
presence. Your Heavenly Father is bound to feed, clothe and shelter you. He is
duty bound to help meet all your physical, emotional and spiritual needs. He is
not a Father who would abandon His precious children. He gives you rest and
peace in the wake of burdens and turmoil in life. He encourages you today to
pray to Him and expect answers at the right time. His answers will be always
perfect in content and timing. He gives you the capacity to wait patiently for
His answers. Today there is no reason for you to feel abandoned because you
have a loving and concerned Heavenly Father who listens to your cries. It is your
pleasant privilege to trust Him and live for Him as you call Him ‘Abba Father’
and present all your petitions.
Romans 8:15 – For you did not
receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the
Spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry, “Abba Father.”
Thought for Today
It is our fearless privilege to go to our Father in Heaven with all our
needs all the time and expect to get favorable hearing with assured answers.
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