What do you think of when you hear the word–father? When a human term is used of God, we take the core of that term–what it basically stands for–and strip it of all imperfection, sin and limitation. Only then may it rightly reflect God. And even then it captures only a small glimpse of who He is. Though God has revealed Himself through many terms, Jesus clearly identified one title as His favorite. “This, then is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven…” (Matt 6:9). Fatherhood at its core is strength, dependability, courage and love. God is our perfect and unchanging Father in all these and many more ways. He is “one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all” (Eph 4:6).
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