Look to Our Heavenly Father. Psalms 143-147

May the mumbling commence!

Today is Father’s Day.  I have a wonderful earthly father.  My greatest hope is that I am a wonderful father to my son, Micah.

Regardless, our heavenly Father is without compare.  The Lord is Father to all of creation.  Let’s give thanks for God this day.  Read from Psalm One-hundred Forty-five:

The Lord is kind and merciful,

slow to get angry, full of unfailing love. 

The Lord is good to everyone.

He showers compassion on all his creation. 

All of your works will thank you, Lord,

and your faithful followers will bless you. 

They will talk together about the glory of your kingdom;

they will celebrate examples of your power. 

They will tell about your mighty deeds

and about the majesty and glory of your reign. 

For your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.

You rule generation after generation.

The Lord is faithful in all he says;

he is gracious in all he does. 

The Lord helps the fallen

and lifts up those bent beneath their loads. 

All eyes look to you for help;

you give them their food as they need it. 

When you open your hand,

you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing. (Verses 8-16)

The bar is set high for fathers!  Godly fathers are kind and merciful.  Godly fathers are patient and loving.  Godly fathers are good and compassionate.  Godly fathers are faithful and gracious.

Godly fathers help their children up when they fall.  They help their children by helping to lift their heavy burdens.  Godly fathers provide for their children and satisfy them.

It looks impossible to fulfill.  It is impossible to fulfill without God in our lives as fathers.  So let’s ask God into our lives… whether we are biological fathers or not… whether we are men or women… whether we are children or youth.

Let’s thank the Lord of all creation.  Let’s bless the Lord by following the lead of the Holy Spirit.  Let’s talk about the glory of the kingdom and the wonderful deeds of God.  Let’s celebrate God.

And may we never forget that when we need help, it is to God that we must look.  Thank You, O heavenly Father.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out