Day 1 | My Father IS Love

In honor of Father's day I would like to tell you about my dad. You may know Him, you may know of Him but for the next 30 days I would like to share with you how I have come to know Him in such an intimate and personal way that His presence and His participation in my life is so real; more so than ever before, as I have come to really KNOW WHO HE SAYS HE IS... not through the opinions of men or research but by getting to know Him in such a profound way through saying yes to His supreme reign & rule in my life....

My Father IS Love

1 John 4:7 - 10

I shall refrain from attempting to dissect the infamous John 3:16 "... for God so loved the world..." as I share with you the truths about my Father because I don't think it's possible to understand or comprehend the great and perfect love that God has for me and for you until you have experienced the manifestation thereof in a tangible way. The only way to experience this love is to pursue it; by pursuing Him. And then welcoming it, welcoming Him into your existence... I must warn you though; my Father is jealous; once you start your journey with Him, He wants all of you, not just some of you, or trying to fit Him into your life where and when it is convenient for you. He wants it all, your entire life, being, existence. Once you start your journey with Him, He wants to be part of every aspect of your life... it would make life so much easier to simply submit and surrender completely, allowing Him to have His way... It would take more than a few pages if I had to describe the ways in which God has demonstrated His love for me, in my life and the things He has done for me because of His great and perfect love for me so rather I will say that I have experienced this demonstration of His love for me in my life by pursuing Him. 

So as I leave you to contemplate the possibility of a Father who is love, I would like to pray for you as Paul prayed:

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.