Abba Father

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. – Galatians 4.6-7

I recently read a book called ‘Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus.’ In that the book the author begins with an account of his early life. All the way through the book he refers to his father as ‘Abba.’ It is very clearly a term of love and endearment. It is that special relationship between a child and ther dad.

Eventually this man came to the point where he also had a new Abba.

There are a lot of names used for God – but one of the most precious is that we are able to call Him our Dad. Imagine – a child of the world suddenly can call God ‘Daddy.’

That conjures up all sorts of beautiful imagery. You picture a son going to His dad when he needs someone to talk to. We see a dad putting his arm around his son in comfort and protection. My own dad has been dead since 1996 and I still miss him today. It’s that way, or the way it should be between father and son.

That’s the kind of relationship we can have with God now. The creator of the Universe is my dad. The perfect holy, righteous, all mighty God is my dad.

What a joy to walk in that light.