One of the names given to Jesus by the Holy Spirit, even many, many hundreds of years before Jesus was born on this planet is
Everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6). Jesus is the visible personification of the invisible God.
The concept of family and fatherhood is all God’s idea. It is never a man’s idea. When we read the genealogy of Jesus in Luke
3:38 it is mentioned that the first man on the face of the earth, Adam, is the
son of God. For all others, Luke gives
the name of a human being as the father’s name, but for Adam he says the father
name as “GOD.”
Luke 3
37 The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the
son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
38 The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of
God.
The very purpose of Jesus coming into the world is to
restore the relationship of Father and Son between God and Mankind, which Adam
lost because of His disobedience.
Through Jesus we are brought into the family of God. We have the Spirit of Adoption and the
privilege to call the Creator of the Universe as our Father.
Romans 8
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15 For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit
of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the
Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we
cry, Abba (Father)! Father!
16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own
spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.
17 And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also:
heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him];
only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.
So, to be the son and daughter of God, we need to come into
Christ and have that Spirit of Adoption.
Having come into the family, our goal should be to be led by the Spirit
of God, because Word of God says for all who are led by the Spirit of God are
sons of God.
This post is intended to focus the attention on the Father
and His character. Two main characters that
are prominent for a father are that a father always signifies protection and
providence.
Father Protects:
We see in the natural world a father always takes care and
protects the family. This is innate and
natural. How did it become natural? This
is being incorporated into the human DNA from God’s DNA. Again, I am saying
what we see in the natural setting is God originated.
Jesus says in John 10
27 The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice;
and I know them, and they follow Me.
28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or
perish throughout the ages. [To all eternity they shall never by any means be
destroyed.] And no one is able to snatch them out of My hand.
29 My Father, Who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier
than all [else]; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are One.
Jesus who is the Everlasting Father gives us Everlasting
life and He also protects us from the destruction of Eternal Life that He has
given us. He says you and I are safe in
His Hands and His Father’s hands. He
also says that He and His Father are one and the same. What a great joy!!
Father Provides:
The concept of a man providing for the family as a father is
again from God and not from man. God the
Father provided everything for His son Adam in the Garden of Eden. There was nothing lacking. God made sure that His son Adam was happy and
comfortable. Adam enjoyed all the
provisions until He had the perfect relationship with His Father God. Unfortunately, he lost it through the
deception of the enemy. God didn’t give
up and He wanted to restore the relationship and the resultant blessings to
Adam’s generation. So, He came in the
form of Jesus, the Everlasting Father, and got back all the lost blessings and
made a way of restoration through Himself.
So, if you are in Christ Jesus through the born-again
experience of making Jesus the Lord and savior of your life, do not worry....your
provision is taken care. You are
well-provided through Jesus as we read in Romans 8.
Romans 8
17 And if we are
[His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs
with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering
if we are to share His glory.
So, we need to take our eyes off of the situations and
people and focus our attention on this Everlasting Father who is our protector
and our provider. As we do it...the next
thing is too see the manifestation of the wonderful character of this Great
Everlasting Father in our lives. Do you
agree? If you agree, pls share your
thoughts and comments related to this post.
p.s. Actually, initially intended as a FB status post and
eventually changed into a blog post...:-)
