God as a Proper Father

“Some argue that if we had an inadequate human father who lacked wisdom or the ability to show affection, or who abandoned or abused us, we can’t see God as a loving Father.” – Discipleship Essentials by Greg Ogden

Well, it can seem impossible. God the Father makes some peoples skin crawl to be quite honest. However, the Bible says that to those who believe, God is just that, Father. If your view of a father is negatively affected by any, all or other reasons stated in the quote above…I don’t blame you.

Same write countered that saying, “God is a Father who is faithful in love and care, generous and thoughtful, interested in all we do, skillful in training, wise in guidance, always available, helpful in teaching us maturity and integrity – no matter what our earthly fathers were like.

Some would say having a crappy, absent father is no big deal. You just accept it and move on. Well, you weren’t meant to move on or forget it. It’s easy to just give up on a father. But, if you could describe the kind of father you WISH you could or did have what would you say? We all need a real, good father…right to the very end.

You might refuse to follow or trust God if your earthly father wasn’t worth following; your mind likely can’t conceive the idea of a father being the best thing in the world. And you’ve likely spent years rejecting the desire for the father of your dreams. I will say this of myself, it’s very difficult and takes time. I don’t completely get it and my mind often rejects the idea, but I completely desire it to be true of God, that He is the perfect Father for now and forever. In more ways now that ever, He is.