God's Promise to be a Father to You
By Barry Adams
2 Corinthians 6:18
“I will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.” NKJV
“I will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.” NKJV
You might have read this Bible verse and wondered how it applies to you. How could Almighty God possibly be a Father to you when you already have biological parents? This is the foundational question that strikes at the very heart of our origin.
If we think that we are just the result of a biological interaction between our parents at the moment of our conception and nothing more, then the meaning of our lives is reduced to our life span here on earth. But what if we weren't the result of some random, evolutionary process, but rather created in the image of a loving God who destined us to be His children? How would that change our perspective on life?
If we look to the Bible as the source of absolute truth and inspiration, we will clearly see that there has always been a divine plan for the human race... From before the foundation of the world. And this divine intention was born out of a loving Father's eternal desire to have many children.
If we have eyes to see it, we will begin to realize that the Old Testament is a story of a Father who lost His children in a garden and the New Testament is the story of His loving Son who came to get us back.
When we are awakened to the Fatherheart of God and His amazing love for us in Jesus Christ, we will be re-connected with our true destiny as His beloved children. For in His great love, God fathered the human race and lovingly created the heavens and the earth as a beautiful place in which His children could live. Because while creating is what God does, Father is who He really is.
It is God's eternal desire that we would all experience a spiritual re-birth into the heart reality that He truly is our Father. In this supernatural process, we are redeemed, restored and fully reconciled to the One who is love itself. And we are transformed from being God's offspring by creation to being His heirs through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.
This is what we were created for. This is our eternal destiny... To live as much loved children of Almighty God in His family forever. This is a promise that we can take to the bank.
If we think that we are just the result of a biological interaction between our parents at the moment of our conception and nothing more, then the meaning of our lives is reduced to our life span here on earth. But what if we weren't the result of some random, evolutionary process, but rather created in the image of a loving God who destined us to be His children? How would that change our perspective on life?
If we look to the Bible as the source of absolute truth and inspiration, we will clearly see that there has always been a divine plan for the human race... From before the foundation of the world. And this divine intention was born out of a loving Father's eternal desire to have many children.
If we have eyes to see it, we will begin to realize that the Old Testament is a story of a Father who lost His children in a garden and the New Testament is the story of His loving Son who came to get us back.
When we are awakened to the Fatherheart of God and His amazing love for us in Jesus Christ, we will be re-connected with our true destiny as His beloved children. For in His great love, God fathered the human race and lovingly created the heavens and the earth as a beautiful place in which His children could live. Because while creating is what God does, Father is who He really is.
It is God's eternal desire that we would all experience a spiritual re-birth into the heart reality that He truly is our Father. In this supernatural process, we are redeemed, restored and fully reconciled to the One who is love itself. And we are transformed from being God's offspring by creation to being His heirs through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.
This is what we were created for. This is our eternal destiny... To live as much loved children of Almighty God in His family forever. This is a promise that we can take to the bank.