A proud Father

There is something special about watching one of your children excel in some area or another. When one of our two answers questions correctly in Sunday school or VBS, there is no doubt that I beam with pride, and take credit for it, though Trish is the preschool teacher...

Our daily prayer is that our children will grow to know and serve JESUS. If they do that, they will be hugely successful, eternally. Yet, the daily things, the daily triumphs, the little victories that they experience in their lives, I am thrilled about and cherish each one. I pray there are countless things to rejoice about in years to come.

Our Father rejoices over us too. Today's word is Zephaniah 3:17, NIV, which reads, "The LORD your GOD is with you, the Mighty Warrior Who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."

GOD takes great delight in His children obeying His will and in us doing what is pleasing and correct, just as we do when our children do those things that are pleasing and correct. When we strive to do His will, He rejoices over our triumphs, and even sings songs in His rejoicing.

Just as we are proud parents and strive to lead our children and rejoice over every triumph, so, too, does GOD over us, His children. We all mess up from time to time; some of us more than others. But. just as our children make us happy when they correct their failures and begin to do right, we make GOD happy when we turn from our sins and do what is right. I fail miserably every day but I so want to make my LORD a proud Father!

Be Blessed,
Mickey T