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A ‘Good’ Father

Understanding God as Our Father

God wants to have a relationship with us as our Father. Sometimes people struggle with this type of relationship because they didn’t have a father in their life, or the relationship they did have with their father wasn’t a good one.

To better understand who God is as Father, we need to define what it means that God is a ‘good’ Father.

The world often defines “good” as a feeling or a consensus that people agree is pleasurable. That would make good be what I think or feel, what someone tells me, or what the majority of people agree to.

Jesus defined what good truly means when He said:

“There is none good but God.” (Mark 10:18)

This tells us that good isn’t a feeling, a consensus, what I think, or what people say. Good is what God says. Anything we read in the Bible is good for our lives.

God wants good things for us because He is a good Father. Any parent wants the best for their children. The child may not always like what is good for them, but a good parent does what is right despite the child’s thoughts. A good parent wouldn’t let a child play with fire, ingest poison, or walk into a busy street where they could be harmed.

We teach our children how to live and warn them of the hazards they will face in life. We also teach them to be good people.

In the same way, our good Heavenly Father teaches us from His Word what is good for our lives. The Bible trains us how to live. God is good!

Prayer

“Thank You, God, for being good! Show me how to live a good life according to what Your Word says. Amen.”