A Fathers Love

John 5:10 (NKJV) says this: For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. As I was meditating on this tonight I realized that this wasn't only about Jesus's relationship with the Father but it was about Fathers in general. Its also about my relationship with the Father. As a Father who loves his son without relent, I became more intimate with this scripture. I have spent a lot of time with my son this last week and we have done many things together and he has been my little helper. I love my son and love spending time with him and because I love him, whenever I do something I try to include him in what I'm doing. Now at 21 months old you know that I don't require his help but because I love him I want him involved in what I'm doing. Because of his relationship and love for me his is eager to emulate and learn what I'm doing. Through this experience John 5:10 has come alive for me. Our Father in heaven wants us to be involved in everything that he is doing because he loves us. Because we love him we should be looking to him to see what he is doing in every situation that comes before us in life. As we look to see what he is doing and begin to emulate that we become familiar to his ways and operate with more boldness and ease because we are more confident that what we are doing is right, but more importantly it will produce results. Growing up was hard in ways because more times than not, I didn't have anyone to show me how to do something. I had to teach myself how to do most things myself. Which was frustrating because I made a lot of mistakes and something that I could have done in minutes ended up taking hours if I even finished it at all. Because of this struggle there was a lot of projects that I would not even attempt because I was clueless at where to begin. I believe its the same for a lot of Christians when it comes to ministry. We have tried to witness to someone and didn't know the words to say. We have prayed for the sick believing the scriptures with no results. We have failed countless times and have become frustrated and tired of failure. I believe if we just stop our works of what has worked for other ministers and what we have been taught, and just take the time to look to our Daddy and see how he wants to do it. What are you doing Father to save this person, or what are you doing to heal this person. Its so much easier and smooth if we do things in the Spirit. He is a loving Daddy and he is aways showing us what he is doing and its up to us to just stop and look at what Daddy is doing. The other day while under the house working on the heater unit, my son saw daddy putting the screws back in. He saw what daddy was doing and so he just handed me the screws as I needed them. I was so proud of him. Even though I could do it without him, it was a special moment for us to work together. The Father is waiting on you.