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Discipleship Focus: Father
- Father: This is the pinnacle of the Covenant Triangle. God is the Father. He is the creator. He is love. Our relationship with the Father is rooted in His love for us. We get our identity through Him. When the Father is in our life, obedience becomes clear.
- King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle. When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king. Authority comes from Him. Power comes through His authority. He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.
The
oracle of David that takes up the early section of this chapter gives a neat
reminder about God. We remember that it
is God who rules justly over mankind.
God is the King. God is the one
with the power and the authority.
Yet god
is not just the King. As King, God could
easily and righteously judge us and find every last one of us lacking. But God is also Father. He is the one who loves us. He wants us to be justified, not condemned.
So this
Father makes an everlasting covenant.
This Father gathers around us and lifts us up. He promises to be with us not just in this
lifetime but forever. He promises us
that we will be with Him and the world can do nothing about it.
Such is
the nature of God. He is the righteous
king and judge. But He is also the
everlasting Father who promises His eternal love if we are just willing to
receive it.
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