Introduction To The Father #2

The Kingdom Cowboy

Summary:

Relating to God as Father brings you much closer to Him than just relating to Him as God up there somewhere. So many people have a conceptual knowing that God is a Father, but not nearly as many folks really know Him as Father. If we can get past the distractions and start spending time with Him, we will come to realize that the prize is not what God gives, but the prize is God Himself.

Show Notes:

• There are many who had a dad who was not there or one who was critical toward them. God said that He would never leave us or forsake us and He is always good to us.

• In Luke 11:1-2, “Our Father”, Jesus gives us permission to relate to God, just exactly like He relates to Him as Father. It’s something we should take full advantage of.

• When spending time with the Father, the prize isn’t what God will give to you, but the real prize is God Himself.

Quotes:

• God is not looking for a congregation, He’s looking for a family. If He is looking for something other than a family, He would have called Himself something other than a Father.

• It’s just a gamble of trusting God as Father and calling Him Father, Dad, Daddy, whatever, just starting that process, and engaging in the relationship.

• It’s a stretch for some, but it’s the only fix for fatherless people or an orphan mindset.

• Somewhere along the way, as I read and studied, He began to reveal Himself as Father.

• You don’t have to have had a good father to be a good father, but you don have to be a good son to be a good father.

• There is no substitute for time with the Father. I’m going to the Lord with no agenda.

• My time with the Father now, and all the revelation that is coming, is from sitting in my living room by myself with no agenda. I usually tell the Lord, “I don’t know anything.”

• Let Him speak if that’s what He wants to, or let Him not speak if He doesn’t want to, but enjoy the presence of the Lord.

References

Hebrews 13:5

John 5:39-40

Luke 11:1-2

Psalms 34:8

Philippians 4:6

Take Away:

Learn to relate to God as Father, rather than a God who is somewhere out there who is not attainable. Coming into an intimate, close relationship with the Father becomes all that you ever really wanted out of your walk with God. It’s not what He gives to us that matters as much as what He becomes to us as we walk with Him.