Every child who has experienced genuine fathering adores their dad and thinks the world of him. I am certainly no exception, and although he’s been in Heaven for several years now, my dad remains my all-time-favorite person and chief human role model for the male species.
Beyond him though, my Heavenly Father is my all perfect, second-to-none, all-time-favorite being, a position in my heart shared only by the Son & Holy Spirit, being triune with Him and regally sharing & bearing His attributes as El-Shaddai (the All-Sufficient, Many-Breasted One), El-Elyon (the Self-Existent, Most High One), and Adonai (the Lord – Supreme/Sovereign Being over all).
This is great news to any reader who lacked a good father figure or role model in their formative years, or is currently lacking. Your Heavenly Father (if you’ve come to know Him through receiving as Lord and Savior the beautiful person of Jesus Christ) will more than make up for anything you lacked in your upbringing (Psalms 68:5; 103:13). He is the Father of fathers (See Ephesians 3:15-21; 4:6; 1 Corinthians 8:6), the benevolent Lover of all (1 John 3:1-2; James 1:17-18; Matthew 7:11), the ultimate prototype Whose exceptional fathering skills transform and translate every lover of Jesus from their base (natural) existence into an ever-evolving phenomenon of the God-kind, for everyone of such share in His divine nature (see 2 Peter 1:2-3; 1 John 3:2 & 9; Ephesians 4:23-24; Col 3:10).
Everyone looks up to or admires someone else. To be wowed by the Father is to be awed by His majesty, sovereignty, divinity, creativity, affinity, generosity, and innumerable activities, to mention just a few of His mind-boggling propensities. Attempts to capture the magnificence and beauty of His nature and person within the limitations of Earth’s minuscule perspective and diction are best viewed through Scripture’s striking imagery …
The kingdom that God has given you
will last forever and ever.
You rule over your people with justice;
7 you love what is right and hate what is evil.
That is why God, your God, has chosen you
and has poured out more happiness on you
than on any other king.
8 The perfume of myrrh and aloes is on your clothes;
musicians entertain you in palaces decorated with ivory.
9 Among the women of your court are daughters of kings,
and at the right of your throne stands the queen,
wearing ornaments of finest gold.
Psalms 45:6-9 (GNT)
Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne, sky-blue like a sapphire, with a humanlike figure towering above the throne. From what I could see, from the waist up he looked like burnished bronze and from the waist down like a blazing fire. Brightness everywhere! The way a rainbow springs out of the sky on a rainy day—that’s what it was like. It turned out to be the Glory of God!
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Ezekiel 1:6-9 (MSG)
At once the Spirit took control of me. There in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it. 3 His face gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne there was a rainbow the color of an emerald. 4 In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, on which were seated twenty-four elders dressed in white and wearing crowns of gold. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lighted torches were burning, which are the seven spirits of God. 6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
Surrounding the throne on each of its sides, were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and behind. 7 … Day and night they never stop singing:
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
who was, who is, and who is to come.”
9 The four living creatures sing songs of glory and honor and thanks to The One Who sits on the throne, Who lives forever and ever. When they do so, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before The One Who sits on the throne, and worship Him who lives forever and ever. They throw their crowns down in front of the throne and say,
11 “Our Lord and God! You are worthy
to receive glory, honor, and power.
For you created all things,
and by your will they were given existence and life.”
Revelation 4:2-11 (GNT)
Dear reader and friend, what is there NOT to love, adore, live and die for, prostrate and bow before – regarding this spectacular Ultimate Father??
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*Dedicated with great love and cheer to anyone who has lacked in this pivotal area. Be assured through studying the scriptures shared that your Heavenly Father more than compensates for every void and supplies every divine AND human remuneration required … as promised in Isaiah 61:1-7 & Joel 2:25-27.
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**Also dedicated with sincere love and honor to every great dad (past, present, and future) out in the trenches and turnpikes of godly fatherhood. Equipped with God’s Spirit, wisdom, and Word; you’ve got this!!🙌🏽👍🏼👌🏽
For Your Listening & Loving Pleasure
I Love You Daddy (Ricardo & Friends)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=GGdp2Lqd7kc&feature=share
My Daddy, My Daddy (Sunmisola Agbebi/Lawrence Oyor)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=28ErbUoG2Jw&feature=share
Good, Good Father – Chris Tomlin
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=qlsQrycKKsY&feature=share
Run To The Father (Cody Carnes)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCFAcV_2LE&feature=share
Our Father (Hillsong Worship)