“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God (Who is the Source) of every comfort (consolation and encouragement).”
(2 Corinthians 1:3)
Faith begins and operates
where the will of God is known. In Matthew
7:9-11 we see where God reveals Himself to us as our Father.
We see here that it is His
desire, as our Father, to give us, His children, good gifts. Jesus here compares Him with our earthly
fathers, who being evil, know how to give good gifts to their children. HOW
MUCH MORE shall our heavenly Father, who is ALL GOOD know how to give to us, His Children, good gifts.
Glory to God!
In Psalm 103:13 we see
it written; “As a father loves and pities his children, so the Lord loves
and pities those who fear Him (with reverence, worship and awe).”
The Word of God repeatedly
describes the Lord God as a good and nurturing Father. He is not an angry God who is a separate
entity, looking to be appeased. He is not some far out creature who demands
unreal tasks from us earthly beings in order to receive some minor blessing.
No! Ephesians 2:13-22
says; “But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made
nigh by the blood of Christ. For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and
hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us:--For through Him we
both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints and the household of God.”
The shed blood of Jesus
Christ has brought us near to the intimate presence of the Father.
In
2 Corinthians 6:17-18 we see the Father calling us out; “--from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, --And (I) will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be
My sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
This God, who created the
entire universe and everything therein, calls us His very own children. Through
the blood of Jesus we have been brought near to Him, where He is able to take
care, provide for, heal and shield us from the terror of the night. (Psalms
91:1-6).
There are two families in the
earth today. You are either part of the family of God, and the household of
faith, or you are part of the family of Satan, and the household of death.
The church is the family of
God, and He is our Father. We can learn
from Matthew 7:9-11 that anything that is good and true about our
natural father, is true and good about our heavenly Father.
2 Corinthians 1:3 says that God is your Father, and that He is the God
of ALL MERCIES, and the God of ALL COMFORT!
As a natural father, who is
good, would not punish you with sickness and disease, your Heavenly Father will
not punish you with sickness and disease either.
I don’t care what kind of
interpretation you put on your sickness, or the sickness of someone you love,
the God of ALL MERCY, AND COMFORT would not put that on you, His dearly loved
child.
In 2 Corinthians 9:8-9
the Word says; “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you: that
ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; He hath given to the poor: His
righteousness remained for ever.”
Glory to God! Your Father is
able to make all GRACE abound to you, not sickness, or poverty, or death. He told
Paul that it was His grace that had the power to withstand and overcome the
persecution Paul was experiencing.
Your Father is a Father who
is more than able, and has the desire to help you through any situation you may
encounter on this earth. He loves you with an everlasting love. His desire is
to give you good gifts, such as healing, prosperity, and deliverance.
In short, total and complete
salvation.
Hebrews 15:5-6 says: “--for He hath said, I will never leave
thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may
boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto
me.”
When you feel the pressure of
the enemy, or just life trying to push you around, it is not God doing this to
you. Don’t take your eyes off of your
Father, and begin looking at what YOU can do.
Give these pressures to the
Lord; let your loving Father deal with it. He is big enough, strong enough, and
has the power to deal with it. He will
in turn give you the grace, power, comfort, and help, that you need to have
your needs met. God will take care of your health, finances, children,
marriage, etc., if you let Him. He is
the Lord God, your Father who will never leave you or forsake you.
Experience the freedom of knowing the never-ending, Unchanging Fatherhood of God today!
