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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.
I am always
amused by the fact that Hezekiah comes from Ahaz. Ahaz burned some of his children in child
sacrifice. Ahaz turned the nation from
the Lord. Ahaz invited the Assyrians to
turn their eye upon the region. Ahaz was an evil king in many ways. Yet Ahaz’s son was Hezekiah.
Hezekiah
reopens the temple. Hezekiah re-consecrates
the priests and the altar areas.
Hezekiah draws the people back to the Lord.
You see, it
doesn’t matter that Hezekiah is Ahaz’s son.
What matters is the Hezekiah’s father is God. His biological father may have been Ahaz, but
his spiritual father is God. Hezekiah’s
character comes from his spiritual father.
Hezekiah’s passion comes from his spiritual father. Hezekiah’s ambition comes from his spiritual
father. Biology doesn’t matter in God’s
eyes. Spiritual family is what matters.
Come to
think about it, that’s a pretty big foreshadowing of the message of the New
Testament.
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