(Conversations with the Most High God)
Father
The word-picture You supplied to us about Who we call the first person of the Godhead is the Father. And whatever that means in the integrity of the Divine, humans understand it clearly. I am a father, and this is how I understand God, our Father. I can begin to know You by what Jesus said about You: speaking to humans, He said, “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!” I can relate to that.
When my sons came into the world I had ideas about what kind of experience I could provide for them. Three words in this sentence give me a broader picture of Who the Father God is: Ideas, experience, provide.
It was Your idea, Heavenly Father, it was all Your idea. You were not created, You have always existed, and we cannot fathom that beyond the words. But everything we at least know about, and there is so very much we do not know about, the idea of it all came from You, Father. You were not alone in Your I Am-ness, so you made the angels to be what we know of as Your Divine Council, the Ben he Elohim, the sons of God. You wanted to create beings that could share in Your creativity, Your idea of comradery, and to witness Your Omniscience, Omnipotence, and Omnipresence. And when You laid the foundations of the earth the sons of God, the Ben he Elohim rejoiced at it.
You wanted them to experience all that with You. With them, with us, You wanted to share the experience of a new thing You were doing, like I dreamed of sharing the things I know about and like to do with my sons. The creativity I have fostered in my sons is an idea that comes from the Heart of The Father, God-You! I want my sons to understand what I understand, to learn how to use that knowledge to create their lives, their existence, to bring experience to themselves and others, even their children. Father God, I see that You are for us, about us, investing Your cleverness, Your tenacity, Your genius, Your Personality, Your humor, and ultimately Your divinity through Your only begotten, Jesus.
And with that comes provision. I have, with the money I have worked for, provided cameras, skateboards, computers, snowboards, sports equipment, musical instruments, cool clothes, books, education, correction, discipline, and everything that could spawn creativity for living the life they choose. I provided them the freedom to choose, because You provide us with that freedom. You said that whatever we bind and loose in heaven and in earth will be bound or loosed. You provided the ability to see something that does not exist as though it does, and the power to make it happen with Your permission and even Your help and guidance. I can see Your beautiful heart, Father God, in small part in the heart You have provided me. You created these things, it was Your pleasure to do so, and You pronounced them good. In every conceivable way You have modeled how a good father should behave, so that we have every opportunity to create goodness and beauty in truth. You have given us so much more than we can ask or conceive. Thank You, my Father God.
But, even more than all this, You planned our salvation before You had even laid the foundations of the earth. You foresaw our sin, our wanton evil desire that would derail Your idea of togetherness for a time. You saw the glitch before time, and had already made a way of restoring union with You, because You are I Am! What an invincible love! What an indomitable heart! What a Father You are!
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