Father of the fatherless and defender of widows

“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.” - Psalms 68v5

“Father of the fatherless and defender of the widows” is not a name for God that we see very often. Yet it is an important name because there is a New Testament principle for believers. When James defined pure and undefiled religion he said that it was “to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Since God is a father to the fatherless and the defender of widows and we are told that part of our responsibility is to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction it is clear that He places an emphasis on these two groups of people.

It is worth our time to pursue further our responsibility towards the fatherless and widows. At the very least we know that they are special to God and He wants us to care for them. This is certainly something I have not been active in doing in my life.

Lord, teach me more about how to deal with the orphans and widows. Give me a heart like You which sees us a spiritual orphans and widows in need of you protection.