LOOK UP AND SEE YOUR DADDY

LOOK UP AND SEE YOUR DADDY
All the King’s Horses, pp 124-125

Put this book aside for a moment and look up to God your Father. What do you see? Does He have an angry scowl on His face? Perhaps His look is one of disappointment. You’ve failed Him so many times you don’t really blame Him. You’ve earned His disdain … He sent His Son all the way to die on the cross for your sins, and now, you’re still not able to get your act together. He is utterly disgusted with you. You don’t have to be told. You see it written all over His face.

NONSENSE! …

The Bible asks a critical question in Romans 8:31: “If God is for us, who can be against us?” If we have trusted Christ for the forgiveness of our sins … then God is truly for us. As any good father will, our Father will discipline us, sometimes severely, to protect us from evil paths that will destroy us. Even so, God is not angry at you, or me, any more than I could have been angry at my own impaired son as he continued to fail and fall, time after time.

I truly believe that the Father doesn’t care as much about the fact that we fail as often as we do, as He cares about where we turn after we have failed. We will only turn to Him if we see Him as He really is. God is not angrily waiting to destroy us. He wants us to come to Him so He can cleanse us, change us, and heal us from the sin that is already destroying us …

If you forget everything else written in this book, please remember that your Father holds a banner for you … His banner represents a vast supply of undeserved love and grace, which is what you need to truly succeed in life, despite your obvious flaws and continuing failures …

Bryson continued to struggle and fail countless times each and every day during those exasperating years. When he became discouraged I wanted him to look up and know beyond question that I still stood with him, that I loved him, that I would never stop working toward his success, no matter what the cost.

I saw my son’s handicaps, imperfections and failures. I knew he might never perform perfectly in this world. But each time he stumbled, I wanted him to look up and be empowered to get up and try again, if for no other reason than for the loving and proud look he saw on his daddy’s face.

If like my son’s life, and my life, your life is fraught with stumbles and falls, then I challenge you to look up and see your Daddy for who He really is. He is not angry with you. His anger has been fully satisfied by the death Jesus died for you on the cross. And notice that He holds something in His mighty hand. It is not a policeman’s nightstick to batter you with. It is a banner.

“He has brought me to his banquet hall,
And His banner over me is love” Song of Solomon 2:4

All the King’s Horses – Finding purpose and Hope in Brokenness and Impossibility, pp 124-125