HEAVENLY FATHER

“Our Father in heaven …”

MATTHEW 6:9

I love the simplicity of the teachings of Jesus. ”Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened;” and this, “give and it shall be given to you”. These words are simple yet open us up to an incredible life that is deeper than the ocean. One of these profound simple teachings was the Lord’s instructions on how to pray. “Our Father”, he starts. This is the simplest and the deepest revelation of all. Most everyone understands the concept of father. In theory, everyone has a father. Maybe your idea of father is a little twisted from your daddy experiences, Christ reveals to us what the heavenly Father is like. “If you have seen Me you have seen the Father” He declares. This Father is good and loving and kind. For those of us who have been born again you have received the Spirit of sonship, we have become sons of God. We can now pray and understand the simplest and deepest of all prayers, “Our Father Who art in heaven”. A. B. Simpson taught about the beauty and simplicity of this prayer. Check this out.

“Our Father. How simple, how beautiful, this invocation which Christ puts upon our lips! And yet how inconceivably rich in its meaning, in the fullness of the love and blessing it contains.

Just think of all the memories there have been on earth of wise and loving fathers. Just think of what this world owes to fathers. What a gift Christ bestowed on us when He gave us the right to call His Father “our Father.” My Father! We count it a great privilege that the Father comes so near to His earthly children, but when we pray, “Our heavenly Father,” the need arises within to enter into His holy presence in heaven, to breathe its atmosphere and become truly heavenly minded. Then the words “heavenly Father” take on new meaning, and our hearts come under an influence that abides all day long.”

Praying this prayer puts us in touch with with this heavenly reality, we are His and everything will be okay. He loves me, corrects me, forgives me, and He heals me. All I need or long for is found in this heavenly relationship. Say it now, “My Father’. There is no greater prayer. “Our Father Who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name. Let Your Kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”