Daily Devotional

SIMPLIFY YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER

January 21

hild of God, you have made your relationship with your Father too complicated in your own mind! You strive at times to convince yourself of my reality to you and you are sometimes uncertain of my constancy and love for you. Stop doing that! It is unnecessary! "There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother!" (Proverbs 18:24 NKJV) About whom do you think this passage of scripture speaks? None other than your Father in Heaven in His relationship to you! "But," you say, "I have a complicated past and much sin to overcome, and it is natural for me to struggle with wondering at times if you can forgive someone with my problems." Child of God it is not natural of you, it is fleshly of you to think like that. How can you slander the promises of your Father when He revealed to you through the scripture that He would "remove from you your sin as far as the east is from the west?" (Psalm 103:12 NKJV) Did He do that? Yes or no? He did, and you know it! So, approach your Father and repent of casting away your confidence in His precious promises to you. Now, let's start over! How close are you to your Father? Your answer is "He is as close to me as my own breath!" Now, that is really the truth! Answer that again. How close to you is your Father? Your answer is, "My Father loves me dearly, and would never place me under condemnation for anything that I have ever done in the past!" Good answer! Now, are you going to believe a lie from the Evil One about your relationship to your Father, or are you going to accept and truly believe the word of the Lord about you? We know the answer to that question, don't we? "Father, you tell me whatever you wish, and I will believe it with all my heart!” Child of God, you are on the right track. Keep it up! Finally, keep on accepting the fact that your Father has "I have gravened thee upon the palms of my hand." (Isaiah 49:16) It will help you to answer the Evil One when he says, "God doesn't care about you." You will say, "You are a liar, Satan. Go back to hell where you came from, in the name of Jesus!" Do you like that kind of talk? Keep it up.

Prayer

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Father, I soon forget that I am far more than just an inhabitant of the planet earth. I am indeed, "special" to you. Your eye is on me day and night. Your thoughts toward me are "innumerable." You Love me! That is true! I accept that and believe you in the name of Jesus, amen!