A Father’s Heart

Prayer is a funny thing. I pray with my son most nights before bed. For some reason he really enjoys it. Normally, after I’ve prayed for all the logical things, he asks for more prayers. And so, I ask him, “what should we pray for?” He usually responds with illogical things like “my toy racing car” or “the garbage truck.” So we pray for his toys and the garbage truck. When he shares his requests with me, I love it. It has been one of the sweetest realisations I have had from these times of prayer. I love it because of our relationship. I just love hearing from him because he’s my son and I’m his father.

When we pray, we usually address our prayers to God the Father (Matthew 6:9). It’s significant that God chose to reveal himself to us as a father. He could have chosen to be God the Boss or God the Teacher and that would have communicated certain things about himself.  But he didn’t. He chose to be known as ‘Our Father.’ And a good father delights in his kids for no other reason than he is their dad. He loves to hear from them. What if you saw God as a Father who wanted to hear from you regardless of how logical or illogical the request may be? Would you consider spending some time with that kind of God? If you do, he’ll be chuffed.