25 January 2024 - God of the Fatherless

Psalm 68:5(KJV) A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

God offers Himself as the ideal Father not only to those without earthly fathers, but to all who will come to Him. Psalm 27:10(ESV) For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.

Deuteronomy 1:31(ESV) and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.

Isaiah 49:15(ESV) Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

John 6:37(ESV) All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

When we belong to Him, God expects us to call on Him, trusting His goodness. Psalm 50:15(ESV) and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV) casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

God is the best Father there is. He will be a Father to the fatherless and He alone can fill every void left by our imperfect earthly fathers. In truth, God is the only perfect Father and the One we all need most.

A.W. Tozer says: - “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”

Isaiah 43:2–3(ESV) When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.Zephaniah 3:17(ESV) The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

God’s character has not changed. He still guards the most vulnerable among us. When you feel rejected, abandoned, cast out, and alone, know that God is for you. He still reaches out to you. In Christ, we are adopted as sons and daughters of our heavenly Father, a father who never disappoints or lets us down.