Meditate on your relationship to the Father.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God's Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, "Abba, Father." For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God's children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God's glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. Romans 8:14-17
God is our Abba Father. Jesus Himself
called God the Father, Abba, as He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. It would
be like us today saying Daddy. This passage shows the ultimate submission of
Jesus to His Father. Your will…not mine…be done.
Olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Jerusalem, Israel
"Abba, Father," he cried out,
"everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away
from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine." Mark 14:36
Paul reminds the church at Galatia that
they are God’s children. Today, as believers in Jesus as our Savior, we are God’s
children, too.
And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, "Abba, Father." Galatians 4:6
One of my favorite memories of my paternal grandfather is that of a big group of family all gathered around the kitchen table at Grandma and Grandad’s house and Grandad asked the blessing for the lunch we were about to receive. His prayer in German, his native language, was Alle Liebe Unser Abba Vater (All Love Our Abba Father). He was a man of few words—but these were heartfelt. We all enjoyed a wonderful meal together. Where we all sat…it was a small house…is a good question—but the food and our time was blessed. We loved God. He loved us.
Do you have a special memory of the realization that God is your Father? Let that recognition or awareness sink into your very being. He is a loving Father. Our Abba Father.
Prayer ~ Abba Father, surround us with Your love which is an assurance of Your promise of eternal life with You. We are heirs with Christ Jesus only in your grace. For that we are forever thankful
Verse
of Salvation ~ While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings,
with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God
heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. Even though Jesus was
God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. In this way, God
qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal
salvation for all those who obey him. And God designated him to be a High
Priest in the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 5:7-10
Jesus is the basis for that everlasting spiritual salvation.
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