The Father of fathers.

Our Father Who art in Heaven Psalm 103:13-14; Psalm 68:5; 1 Cor. 8:6

Psalm 103:13–14 (ESV)

13 As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. 14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

English Standard Version (Psalm 68.5)  Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. 6 God settles the solitary in a home;he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,

(1 Cor.8:6) yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist

Our Father in Heaven is near.

Though our eternal home is far, the presence of home is near. He dwells within us. As much as we say, home is where the heart is, so is it with us. If our heart is for God, he is as near as your next breath.

(ESV)

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

When His Gods presence is known, internally, in full awareness, there is unity.

Our Father in Heaven is Compassionate to his children. He remembers our frailty.

This compassion is a care because of connection. As a father is caring for his own children, is different than care for any other child, so it is with God.

He has framed us, he created us. He, as a creator knows our weaknesses. He knows the very materials that we are made of as a sculptor knows his marble, a potter his clay, a craftsman his wood

He has framed us, he created us. He, as a creator knows our weaknesses. He knows the very materials that we are made of as a sculptor knows his marble, a potter his clay, a craftsman his wood.

Our Father in Heaven, has a special way of holding us, sustaining us, supplying for us and yes, comforting us.

Comfort in words, “this is my Son, I'm well pleased.” The awareness of aid, “I could have called 10 legions of angels, the Father would send them.” The story of the Father and prodical sons.

Our Father in Heaven is a Father of the fatherless and protector of...

God is protector of widows and Father to the earthly fatherless. He has an awareness of these unique needs. He provides a home that is centered around his own care.

How often we rebel as any earthly child does, against his care.

Like 8, Jesus calmed the woman in need, “my daughter.” Under his care, not merely a donation but a cause, but his very self.

Our Father in Heaven is the Only one:  yet for us there is one God, the Father-Jesus is connected in and into Him.

Our Father who is in Heaven is: our personal Father, our pattern of a father and our Force of fathering

1. Personal to each, we are adopted into his Home. His home is a place and a belonging. Our Father in Heaven knows our make up (dust). We are frail, coming from a context of death, but is leading, comforting, consoling his children on the 60-80 year journey of a person’s life.

2. Pattern: as we learn of God, our Father we learn what it is to father others. Not only our biological children, also our fatherly influence in others. “Father-Figure” is a term of the day.

3. A Force- Paul, writing to the Corinthians, states of the drawing and uniting element of God as our Father. In that culture that had many gods, for various needs, in God our Father we have all our needs met. Even Jesus. Jesus expressed this in his special uniting with the Father- I in him, he in me… Our Father in Heaven places us within himself as if we were himself. This is the unity that Jesus desired for the disciples and his church.

The marriage covenant expresses it as well- “the two shall no longer be two, but one.” Isolation is harmful to marriages, or any close interwoven relationship. In our culture where husbands, wives and children are licensed to do their own things, God, the Father, in Heaven is and does the opposite. He unites, connects, recreates a new identity from the two- becoming one. A family of 6, 3, 10 being a unit of one, known as family in a place and context called home. Our homes are to express the characteristics of heaven on earth-That is a greater work, great fruit, by the Holy Spirit, if we would be listen and do what we deem impossible to do.

Father’s Day is to encourage dads, and we need it. Father’s day is a day to reflect on the power of fathers in this world. To rejoice in the Father in Heaven’s faithfulness to us his children and the home to which we are being lead.