Our Eternal Father

Our Eternal Father

Our God is also the everlasting Father. For many of us, one

of the hardest things to comprehend about the Lord is His Father’s

heart. This should be easy. However, due to a relationship with

our earthly father that may not always have been natural and good,

we have problems. Human fathers fail us, whereas our heavenly

Father cannot fail us. Earthly parents make mistakes, treat us unfairly

at times and hurt our feelings. We bring these things over

into our relationship with the Lord and see our heavenly Father in

the wrong light. We need healing in these areas and if we ask God

to heal us, He will.

Many of us have hurts and wounds affecting us today that go

back to our childhood. We need not bear these any longer; Jesus

wants to heal them. A lot of our bad habits and immature ways

stem from our lack of discipline as children. When we finally find

the Lord, He has much work to do in us to bring us to the place of

complete mastery over self.

The main purpose of the Holy Spirit’s work in our lives is to

conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. When the Holy Spirit

comes in, He begins His work on the flesh and its lusts. We must

always yield to the Spirit’s work, yet we must be careful not to try

and change our old ways through fleshly means. God does not

want us to change ourselves, but rather yield to the Holy Spirit

and let Him do the changing. He knows what is best for us and

just where to begin. If we listen to Him and obey, we shall overcome

all the sin and weakness in our lives.

As long as there are certain areas in our lives that are still

weak, these are always the target of our enemy, the devil. He

attacks us and we find ourselves yielding to him and our flesh.

Afterwards, we are sorry that we have failed God and hurt Him.

That is when we need a Father we can run to and ask for His

forgiveness.

Our heavenly Father is always there with arms outstretched

in love. He takes us in those arms, holds us, and says, “It is all

right; I understand; I know the spirit is willing, but the flesh is

weak.” (Matthew 26:41: Watch and pray, that ye enter not

into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is

weak.) Our Father is there to comfort us and heal the hurt when

we disobey through weakness. He helps us and encourages us to

keep walking with Him, for He knows that one day we shall be

strong like Him.

We will not hinder our walk by unintentional falls if we keep

our hearts pure before Him. Praise God, we have a God who has

a Father’s heart of understanding, and who is always there to help

and comfort us. He truly is the everlasting Father. How many

times will He help us? He will help us as many times as we have

need, providing we really are seeking to follow Him. He will not

cast us away for “His mercy endureth forever.” It is everlasting.

In Psalm 136 we find twenty-six verses that state, His mercy

endureth forever.

Our Father is so merciful and kind, and yet many people still

believe that it is He who places sickness and disease upon His

own children.

We, as natural parents, would be horrified at the thought of

afflicting our children with a disease (if we had this power). Yet,

our heavenly Father, who is full of mercy, is constantly accused of

this. We simply do not know the love of God if we believe this lie

of the devil. If God the Father gave up His most priceless possession,

His Son Jesus, in order that we might live, how can we possibly

imagine Him putting sickness upon us?

Our Father loves us, cares for us, and heals us. Praise God!

When we need a Father, He is always there. In some areas of our

lives we can fellowship with God as a friend, but until our weak

areas are perfected, we need a “daddy.” He is truly the everlasting

Father.