Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. James 1:17 (Verse on Bible Hub)

Our God is a Good Father | with 26 Encouraging Scriptures

There are many in this world who will not be celebrating Father’s Day this year. Not because they don’t want to, but because they have a broken or non existent relationship with their earthly fathers. But I pray and I hope that after reading this post, you will realize that we indeed have a beautiful and loving Heavenly Father to celebrate!

What was your earthly father like?

Do you have wonderful memories of time spent with your father, talking or engaging in a treasured activity? He made you feel seen, heard, loved, wanted and adored. Perhaps, you felt comfortable running to him when you needed advice because you trusted he had your best interest at heart? He loved to listen to your voice as much as you did his, and he encouraged you to pursue your God given dreams?

Or maybe your sweet father has passed away. When you catch a scent that reminds you of his cologne, your eyes fill with tears and your heart aches to see him just one more time.

Or perhaps your father hurt you? Even the mere thought of him forms a knot in your stomach and an incredible sense of dread.

Did you feel worthless, unseen or unwanted around him? Did he shut your voice down, insisting that only his thoughts and opinions mattered when it came to you and your life? Perhaps, he has disowned you?

 The word “father” conjures up a variety of images for different people. For some, a “father” is associated with love, laughter and warm memories. For others, the word invokes feelings of pain and rejection.

But either way, no matter how great or how awful our relationships were with our earthly dad, it’s very important to understand that we can never compare almighty God with any earthly father. Our human fathers will inevitably fall short of perfection simply because their human.

Our God is a Good Father …

He is our creator, sustainer, protector, comforter, provider, and healer. The biblical image of God as both our King and our Father is no accident. God is able to effortlessly and simultaneously fulfill both roles. First, as the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God who sustains everything in this massive universe. But also as the loving, caring, adoring Father who always has the time to draw close and listen to each of His beloved children at any given moment.

The Bible refers to God as our Heavenly Father so many times.

Even though this title is used quite often in teaching and in prayer, Christians who struggle(d) with unresolved or unhealed “Daddy Hurts” can have trouble perceiving God as the good Father that He is. This was me at one time before God completely healed me. I had absolutely no idea what unconditional love was supposed to look or feel like. I was taught that love needed to be earned and I never quite measured up. 

Because of this, I spent years believing that I was also completely unacceptable to God, too. For years, I sought comfort in Jesus, who was always very compassionate with me. But I was always a little concerned about how my Heavenly Father saw me.

But do you know what I discovered? Jesus says if we have seen Him, then we have seen the Father. So when we experience all the love, compassion and tenderness from Jesus, we are actually experiencing the Father’s love without realizing it. I love how our Daddy God pours His love into us first before He requires anything of us.  

How about you?

Do you feel comfortable approaching Jesus but not the Father?

Before this moment, did you know that if you have seen Jesus, than you have seen the Father? And if you really know Jesus, than you know the Father as well? Let’s listen in on a little conversation that Thomas and Philip had with our Lord:

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Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him.”

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.

Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
John 14:5-14 NIV (Read full chapter)

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God is not only our Father, but He is our good, good Father, amen?

The two Truths that will have the most transformative power in your life are that you are God’s beloved child and God is your good Father. Click To Tweet

The Bible is clear about what our relationship with God looks like. He is our Father and we are His children. God is identified as our Father more than 250 times in scripture. Most of these verses are found in the New Testament because in and through Christ, we have a new identity as an adopted child of God (Romans 8:15).

In the story of the prodigal son in Luke Chapter 15, we see the heart of our Heavenly Father who waits patiently for us and never gives up on us. In fact, He searches the horizon for us and will run towards us when He sees us returning to Him.

And in that same chapter, we find the story of the shepherd who tirelessly searches for his lost lamb. God will absolutely leave the 99 to pursue you. Yes YOU!

You can never outrun God so you might as well give up now and let Him catch you. Because God will never give up pursuing your heart. That’s His mercy. That’s how much He loves you.

The two truths that will have the most transformative power in your life are that you are God’s beloved child and God is your good Father.

Please take some time today to read and absorb the following Bible verses that point us to God as our loving Heavenly Father. 

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Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. 1 Corinthians 8:6

“Do you not believe that I Am in the Father and the Fatheris in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. John 14:10 

There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call —one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:4-6 

But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. Isaiah 64:8 

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Philippians 4:19-20 

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
John 12:44-45 

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
John 10:28-30

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. John 15:16 

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will. Ephesians 1:3-5  

Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us. So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and  foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. Ephesians 2:18-19  

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being. Ephesians 3:14-16  

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1 

“I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:18 

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, He gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:14-15  

“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12:32 

“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Matthew 6:26-30 

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on His children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him; for He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust. Psalm 103:12-14 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 

You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Psalm 32:7-8 NIV 

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:6 

“This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Matthew 6:9-13 NIV 

If you then, who are 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! Matthew 7:11 

I would love to hear your thoughts after reading this. Please leave your response below and I will respond as soon as possible. Have a beautiful day …

Blessings to you,

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