Abba

Good Morning,

Isaiah 46:4 (New International Version)
Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Romans 8:15 (New International Version)
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

As we grow older I think that we sort of lose the concept of who God is, in a way. I don't mean that we lose sight of the fact that He is God, no, not in any way at all. What I mean is that we lose sight of His "Daddy" aspect because, well, WE are getting old and gray, as we read in Isaiah.

The author of Romans points out that God IS our "Abba, Father," and the word "Abba" means, in Aramaic, "Daddy." That, my friends, is the concept we have difficulty keeping in our minds as we age and as our earthly parents pass away. You see, we don't have "Daddy" any more here on earth, so our minds sort of put aside the idea of "Daddy" in our daily lives.

However, we read today in Isaiah that God is ALWAYS there to sustain us, carry us, and rescue us. So, I read from that, and then when I read the passage in Romans, that God is our "Abba, Father" no matter what age we might reach on this earth. We can be 8 or 80 and we still have our Heavenly Daddy, our "Abba, Father" to help us throughout the trials of life which we face so regularly.

"Abba, Father!" we can cry out to Him whenever we want to...He's always there even "to your old age and gray hairs." His being our Daddy never changes. It is who He is and what He is to every believer. We can give thanks that Him being our loving and caring Daddy simply is and will never change in any way.

It is unfortunate that we lose some of our childish ways as we age. Some of them are so very useful throughout our lives. I think, and I feel in my heart, that THIS concept, this "Abba" part of our Heavenly Father, is one of those childish behaviors that we should NEVER lose; a behavior that would serve us well even if we live to be 101 years old; a behavior that can bring peace and comfort to us...at any age and any time.

So I pray, Abba, Father, please help us to come back to knowing you as our heavenly Father and, truly, as the Daddy that has always been and will always be. I ask you to open our child's eyes to see you as you are, in every way that you are, and to remember that for always you are our Daddy. Amen

Love, peace, and blessings,

David