God is God our Father. God is the ultimate, “the buck stops here,” person. Certainly God describes Himself as our Father for no other reason than the sake of good order. At creation God set order in motion. Order is good. Order does not mean superiority and inferiority. Order simply means no chaos, which means peace and harmony. At creation God created Adam and then Eve. At creation Eve sinned first and then Adam. And there is no point in asking the question, “What would have happened if Adam had not eaten of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?” because that did not happen, so why waste time speculating.
God created the man and then the woman. God made the man responsible for what happened. Even after the fall into sin, initiated by the devil and first taken by Eve, Adam was held responsible. Everyone was given their just punishment, according to the promise made before hand, but the order of creation, even in the now imperfect world, remained the same. It cannot be said too much, God gave order to His creation because of His love for His creation and for His creatures. Without order there would be disorder, disarray and even chaos. With order there is peace, harmony and happiness.
God is our Father. He is our Father because He created us. He is our Father because He created Adam and Eve and we are children of Adam and Eve. He is our Father just as He was the Father of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is the Father of the promise to send a Savior. He is the Father of the Savior of the world. By faith we are brothers and sisters of Jesus, thus we too are children of the Father. God is our Father meaning that we can come to Him, anytime, anyplace, under any conditions and speak to Him as children often come to speak to their parents.
God is our Father and He looks after us as a father cares for his family. God is our Father and He disciplines us when we need discipline, but He is always there to show us love when we need love. God is our perfect Father who gives us the perfect amount of discipline, love, Law and Gospel.
God is our Father and we are His children. What great comfort to know that He cares for us, providing for us all that we need, through the means that He gives to us as well. As we will see, His love is so great for us that it even meant giving up His Only Son for us. No greater love can we find than the love of a Father, God the Father for His children.
God is our Father and there is no way we could ever repay Him for all that He has done for us. So, we do not even try to repay Him, instead we strive, again though, only with His help, to respond to His great love for us, by living our lives to His glory.
Heavenly Father, forgive me when I forget how much You love me. Forgive me when I forget that You have given us good order on this earth because of Your great love for me, so that I might live in a world of peace and harmony. Give me strength each day to bear witness to those around me of the faith that is in me, to the praise and glory of Your most precious name. For Jesus’ sake. Amen.
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