The Father’s Day

“See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God…” (1 John 3:1).

Do we realize the greatness of our Father’s love for us? Do we ponder this and meditate upon it as a way of life? Our Father is not a father who is distant from us, who is removed from our lives, for He greatly desires intimacy with us in His Son Jesus Christ.

“…indeed our fellowship [koinonia] is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” (1 John 1:3).

Do we realize our koinonia with our Father? The measure of our koinonia with Him is the measure of the Trinity.

“…that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us…” (John 17:21).

Since the measure of the Trinity is infinite and unfathomable, so our koinonia with our Father is incomprehensible to us – a boundless and bottomless ocean of love, peace, delight.

Can we quiet our hearts and minds and sense the Father’s Presence within us?

“If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.” (John 14:23).

Do we realize whose sons and daughters we truly are?

“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons [and daughters] by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’ The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God…” (Romans 8:15 – 16).

O the intimacy of the cry “Abba!” A cry without pretense, without agenda, without self-consciousness, without shame. A cry with love, adoration, trust, joy, delight, wonderment.

Do we realize that our Father has “qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light” (Colossians 1:12) and that we are “heirs of God [our Father] and joint heirs with Christ” (Romans 8:17)?

Let this, and every day, be The Father’s Day, for all things in creation and in history are moving toward that Great Father’s Day when Christ will hand “over the kingdom to God the Father” (1 Corinthians 15:24) and we hear the words, “He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I  will be his God and he will be My son” (Revelation 21:7).

As we move toward that Great Father’s Day, let us follow the Lamb wherever He goes, having the Lamb’s Name and the Father’s Name written on our foreheads (Revelation 14:1). Let us live as His sons and daughters, manifesting His light and life and love to the world around us – to His glory and the glory of our elder brother, our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:29; Hebrews 2:9 – 13).

What greater gift can we give to our Father, than completing the work which He has given us to do? (John 17:4; 2 Timothy 4:7 – 8).