Or which one of you, if his son asks him
for bread, will give him a
stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who
are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
(ESV)
I love it when our children steal French fries from me at a restaurant. Every dad does. When my dad was still alive and our children were really little, he loved it, too, and as a dad I know he loved it when as a boy I did it to him. We want good things for our children. We want them to have a good life, and we will do everything in our power to help them achieve it.
And
we don’t know the half of it. We think
we love our children, but it does not hold a candle to how our heavenly Father
feels about us. To be honest, I
understand the Father’s love even less as a dad, because I know just how
boundless is the love for my children. I
cannot fathom a love greater than that, yet Jesus tells us that His love is
infinitely greater than mine.
So,
what are you waiting for? Whatever it
is, share it with your Father in heaven.
Confess it, cry about it, excitedly show it to Him, ask Him for help
with it, talk with Him about it. He
loves you more than any earthly father ever could.
Copyright © 2015 by Steven R. Perkins
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