BK's Korner, 1/23/2023

BK’S KORNER

A few weeks ago I asked the question, “Who is the God that you pray to?”  The reason for the question was to get you to begin thinking about who God is in regard to prayer. You have heard me say that our faith is only as big as our God. Our prayer life is only as strong as the God to whom we are praying.

Do you know the main way that God is portrayed to us in the New Testament?  Jesus presents God to us in one way almost exclusively.  The other New Testament writers present God to us in the same way most often.  Would you like to take a guess?  The New Testament and Jesus present God to us as our Father.  Now, God as our Father has many implications but I want us to think about it in how it can affect our prayer life. 

First, how many of you do not want to bless your children? In fact we have spent our lives giving our children so many things.  We do/have gone out of our way and made sacrifices in order to bless our children.  I am remembering the verse in Matthew 7:9-11 where Jesus says, “Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?” 

Think about it.  If we want to bless our children just think of how much God wants to bless His? Why would we think that the God who gave His Son would hold back from us?  Romans 8:32 says, “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things”  I mean, think about it. If God was willing to send Jesus to die for us then what would make us think that He would withhold something from us? That would make no sense at all.

Remember when Jesus was teaching the disciples to pray, He taught them to say, “Our Father in heaven…”  We are praying to our Heavenly Father who has never withheld from us and desireS to bless us.  Remember that the next time you are praying!  Pray to your Father.

Now Pray!

Glorifying, Going, Gathering

BK ><>