Know Him As Your Daddy !

(Know Him As His Daddy) "For the spirit which you have now received is not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption-- the spirit producing sonship--- in the bliss of which we cry, Abba ! That is, Father !" (Romans 8:15). The amplified Bible. One night after a worship service a friend of mine and I stepped outside and were suddenly awed by the beauty around us. It was one of those crips, clear winter nights when the brilliance of the moon and stars nearly takes your breath away I said to my friend, will you look at that ! Then he looked up with one of those Holy Ghost whole face smiles and with a forceful love tenderness said, "My Daddy made that !" "My Daddy. . ." I'll never forget the way he said that. Some people might think he should have been talking in such familiar terms about God, but they'd be wrong. It's Scripture to talk that way about Him. In the New Testament that a Greek word for Father---Abba. The most accurate translation for that word in English is Daddy. It's a word that signifies closeness. It speaks of a relationship that's been developed through time spent together. Father is one thing. Daddy is another. Growing up, my father was sometimes my father and sometimes my Daddy. When he would go to work he was father, and when he would come home he was Daddy he gave commands he meant to be obeyed instantly, God is like that too. He's your father and He's your Daddy. There are times you'll be very serious and down to business with one another. Other times you'll be more lighthearted. But either way, once you fellowship with Him through His Word enough to get to know Him, I guarantee, you'll want to be close to Him all the time. (Romans 8:14-- 18)