Good Father

I know. I've already slapped myself on the wrist for not posting the past two weeks of Good Father...but that's not because it wasn't good ;) So, I'll be posting the past two weeks right....now.


God is always present when others are absent! "Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5) We may leave God every once in awhile...but He won't ever go anywhere! When you feel as though He isn't there...know He hasn't gone anywhere! Jesus doesn't walk out on us, like so many people do, but He walks with us.

We tend to attach ourselves to things instead of to Him! ... Guilty!

Psalm 27:10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.

John 1:12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. 

Matthew 27:46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

Some of us, at one point or another, may have felt abandoned by our earthly father. Maybe they've turned their backs on us or maybe they just don't give you the time of day. Scripture is clear that our heavenly Father feels our burdens because He, himself, has experienced it. (Heb. 4:14-16)

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Our Father is a Good Father because He disciplines those He calls His children. God isn't mad at you, He's madly in love with you...and for that reason, we receive His discipline. If God was out to get you, He would have already gotten you. What He is after is your heart.

God doesn't punish you for your sins, your own sins bring about their own punishment.

God's word is the biggest paddle of correction in our lives.

"And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his SON? It says, “My SON, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you.because the Lord disciplines the one he loves and he chastens everyone he accepts as his SON.” Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true SONS and daughters at all. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:5-11

Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them. Proverbs 13:24

God disciplines those He considers His children. His discipline proves our sonship!!

The Lord disciples us so that we can live! When you go astray, God allows hardships to happen as a part of discipline so that you return to Him. His discipline proves His love.

"Folly (sin) is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away." Proverbs 22:15

God's "no" doesn't mean His rejection but His redirection!

God's more interested in your holiness than your comfort.