I am His.

Scripture:

8…your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

 9"This, then, is how you should pray:
   " 'Our Father in heaven,
   hallowed be your name,
 10your kingdom come,
   your will be done
      on earth as it is in heaven.
 11Give us today our daily bread.
 12Forgive us our debts,
      as we also have forgiven our debtors.
 13And lead us not into temptation,
   but deliver us from the evil one.  – Matthew 6:8-13

Observation:

When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He emphasised the father-child relationship we have with God. Jesus spoke Aramaic, and the word for “father” in Aramaic is Abba, which literally means “Daddy.”  The Father-child relationship is the foundation of the entire prayer.  “Daddy, Your name is holy. Daddy, your Kingdom come and your will be done. Daddy, provide for me. Daddy, forgive me. Daddy, guide me and protect me.”

 

Application:

My Father is not aloof, nor does He love me from afar. HE loves me personally and extravagantly.  He knows me by name and is an involved Father. Nothing will ever separate me from Him (rom. 8:38-39).  No tragedy will take Him from me. I won’t come home to find he has left me. He is not going anywhere. His love for me, as His child, is fixed and secure.

My Father’s love is eternal, personal, intentional, unconditional, generous, and purifying. I am His child. And how should I respond to this reality? Living the reality of my identity as a child means trusting, obeying and reflecting my Father.

 

Prayer:

Father, you know that I am struggling with words today. But my prayer is this… Daddy, Your name is holy. Daddy, your Kingdom come and your will be done. Daddy, provide for me. Daddy, forgive me. Daddy, guide me and protect me. Thank you for fixing and securing your love on me. Amen

 

Hayley