June 21, 2015 - A. V. Rauf
Happy Father’s Day
Fathers are very important in the development of their children. The Bible is clear that Fathers are to be spiritual leaders in the home. The Bible has much to say about both our earthly fathers and God our heavenly father.
Father’s Day was first declared in the U.S. 105 years ago, in 1910, to recognize the bonds between dads and their kids. It falls on the third Sunday of every June.
We live in a day and in a culture that tries to minimize fathers. Just know that all believers have the best father there is. It is his example that we as earthly fathers most emulate, exemplify and model before our children.
Deuteronomy 1:29-31 Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.
Psalms 127:3-5 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
Proverbs 23:24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
Proverbs 20:7 The righteous who walks in his integrity—blessed are his children after him!
1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Luke 15:20 -23 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and cet us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Perhaps you may be reading this article because you are a father and want to take your role seriously. Or maybe you are reading this because you had an earthly father that may not have been as loving and you are still hurting from your upbringing.
Know for a surety that all followers of Jesus Christ have the best Father there is. God the Father loved you and me so much that he sent his only Son Jesus to die for your sins and mine. That is a love that we will never fully understand but we can be thankful for. That is an unconditional love.Take some time to meditate on the verses in this article and let God draw you closer to him. Have a great Father’s Day!
Romans 5:8—But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.