God’s desire for man was to have fellowship with him and that he would multiply in the earth. Let’s go to Genesis 1 to see how it all began. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The rest of the chapter goes on to tells us how He did it. When He completed creating the heavens and the earth, He made man in His image, both male and female. In verse 28 God instructs them to multiply in the earth and to fill it. God desired family. He created family. His desire is for a family.

 

The entire process is very interesting to me. First, God made a place for man. He was prepared for man. He created an environment he could live in. He showed a commitment to the relationship before He entered the relationship. God is so true to His Word. Proverbs 24:3-4 in the Living Bible states that “Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts.” This is what the Father did.

 

When Jesus left the earth, he went to prepare a place for us.

He isn’t waiting for us to come and then throw something together for us. God is a planner. He planned to have a family, so He prepared for the family, and then He created the family. This demonstrated His love for us. He wasn’t all about the fellowship. He is about expressing His love for His children. God isn’t all about Himself. His thought was and is how He can express His love.

 

As I stated last month, when we ask Jesus to be the Lord of our life, we become a child of God, a daughter. It is up to us to embrace Him as Father and to become a daughter. Just like when a baby is born that child has everything in them to become all that his parents put in him. We have the ability to become all God put in us in Christ Jesus. The more we embrace who our Father is and what He has done for us, the more we become who He made us to be.

The decision must be established that we are daughters of God who love our heavenly Father, want to be like Him and please Him.

 

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Last year I put up some descriptions of who God is.

Let’s look at some others.

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God is a fair judge. Psalm 7:11

 

God is our refuge and strength. Psalm 46:1

 

God is an ever present help in times of trouble. Psalm 46:1

 

God is the king of the whole earth.  Psalm 47:7

 

God is my helper.  Psalm 54:4

 

God is the provider for my life.  Psalm 54:4

 

God is our salvation. Psalm 68:19

 

God is holy. Psalm 99:9

 

God is merciful and righteous. Psalm 116:5

 

God is compassionate. Psalm 116:5

 

God is loving. Luke 1:78

 

God is truthful. John 3:33

 

God is fair. Hebrews 6:10

 

God is love. 1 John 4:8,16