“9 Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 ‘Your kingdom come.
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
12 ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’”
Today we will continue our journey though the Lord's Prayer. Yesterday, we focused on "Our Father" and tried to live in unity with others by embracing the deep connection that we all have with one another. By embracing the connection, a well of compassion and consideration pours out.
Today, we will be focusing on "who is in heaven". As I began to meditate on this part of this passage, these words resonated:
“Who is in heaven
Out of this world
Infinitely knowable
Who still sits on His throne”
When I began to think of a Father who is out of this world, it brought such comfort to my heart, because the heart of God is like no other. He does not think the way we think. We are much harder on ourselves and on others, but God does not think the way we do. He does not talk to us the way we talk to ourselves. We talk so negatively sometimes, and we need to be reminded that He is out of this world.
We don't have God fully found out. He is infinitely knowable. There is no start or end of who God is. We can keep searching and understanding Him. There is no end point of HIs mystery or the magic in His works. I love that the journey of searching and growing will never end. Some may be anxious of the fact that we will never stop growing up or maturing. I pray it beings humility and a reliance on something greater than yourself. It will take more than a lifetime to even begin to understand a facet of who God is.
He is a Father of justice, who still sits on His throne. Even when the world is chaotic and unpredictable, we can still rest assured that He breathes love and order into this world through us, through the way we pour out love on others.
I encourage you today to embrace the royalty and power of God's character who is in heaven. He is out of this world, infinitely knowable, and he still sits on His throne.
TAKE AWAY:
1) Our Father is out of this world.
2) Our Father is infinitely knowable.
3) Our Father still sits on His throne.
MEDITATION:
“16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. ”
DAILY CHALLENGE:
1) Meditate today on the fact that we serve a God that is out of the world, infinitely knowable, and a God who desires to being love and order to this world.
2) How do you feel that you are in a relationship with someone that is infinitely knowable? What is one facet of God that you desire to know more?
3) How could you learn about this facet?