At Kairos tonight, Mike Glenn talked about God as Heavenly Father and how we are led by the Spirit to call Him Abba. I think I really started to grasp what that means tonight. The implications and ramifications are HUGE!

To have God as your Father means that He chose you to be His child. You weren’t automatically born into God’s family, but He went and picked you out at paid the highest price possible to make sure you would be His. It means that however the world tells you that you don’t belong and you are not wanted, God choosing you means that you do belong and you are most definitely wanted.

Having God as Abba means that you don’t ever have to let anybody call you a nobody ever again. You are a child of the King of the universe. Your Father made the heavens and the earth. He spoke and it happened. Just like that. Your Father sent Jesus to be the sacrifice for the very people who rebelled against Him in the first place. He turned the worst tragedy in human history, the cruxifiction, and made it the biggest triumph ever.

Having God as Abba means that you don’t have to be ruled by fear or be a slave to addictions and strongholds anymore. It means you don’t have to let someone’s harsh words or actions define you anymore. You don’t have to be what anyone else thinks you should be. What God says goes, and what He says about you defines you. Those whom He has set free are free. Period. There is no more slavery or condemnation or bondage for those who belong to God through Christ Jesus!

My prayer is that you would be consumed by this thought: My Abba Father chose me because He wanted me. He didn’t pick me because I was the last one left and He didn’t have a choice. He picked me because He wanted me, because He set His affections on me and loved me with a love that never has or never will give up on me. He said once and for all, This one’s mine!

Amen and amen!