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A Rich Father — Part 1
“Every beast of the forest is Mine, and
the cattle upon a thousand hills” (Psalm 50:10).
I have a rich Father! Not an earthly father, but a Heavenly Father. All belongs to Him! He is the Creator of it all, and He is the one who maintains it as well.
However, that does not mean that He gives me everything I want. What would you think of a father who had the means, and who gave his children everything they wanted even if it was not for their good, and maybe even for their hurt? “No,” you would say, “that father really doesn’t love his children.” Just so with God our Father. He knows what is best. Has He withheld something from you that you wanted or thought you should have? Trust Him that He sees it’s not for your good and blessing. As earthly fathers we make mistakes in giving and withholding, but our Father in heaven makes no mistakes. He knows perfectly what is best. It is not that He doesn’t have the means or resources to give it to us, but He knows that it is not for our benefit. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17).
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