I am reading this morning in 2 Corinthians and Paul is telling the church that the LORD will be a father to those who separate themselves from the unbelievers. He is pointing out that as a member of the Temple of the Living God, we are to not be in constant fellowship with those that are not members. Paul brings his point home by citing from Leviticus, the third book in the bible and well before Jesus came and gave us the new covenant.
“16What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
‘I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
17Therefore go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
18and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.’”
— 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 (ESV)
The plan of the LORD all along is to be a father to us. This is not something new that just popped up and is the way things are to get you to follow Him. It was from the beginning, the plan, again demonstrating that God has already thought it all through and that we are to trust Him in all things. They may not happen right now, but they will happen and we should be prepared for them and not surprised when they occur.
Our Father is just that and you can see in the passage above that He is not just our Father, but He declares that we are to be His “sons and daughters”. He claims me as His own and all I have to do is accept Him.
Father, thank you for claiming me. Thank you for offering yourself to me. Thank you for showing me the way to you and that you are there waiting for me with open arms. Thank you for giving me the gift of salvation, I ACCEPT!!!
What is your view of the LORD? Are you seeing Him only as a/the supreme being He is? What if you were to accept Him as LORD and your Father?
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