A Father’s Love

Romans 8:15
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”

It’s 3:00 A.M. and for some reason I am awakened from a sound sleep. Then, from down the hall, I hear the cry of my two-year-old son; DADDY!

By the time I shake enough cobwebs from my head and notice the time, he has called out to me four times. It is cold, and as I fumble in the dark for a shirt he cries out three more times; DADDY!

When I get to his room he is laying in bed waiting for me, but as soon as the door opens he is up and halfway in my arms. With the security that only Daddy can offer at 3:00 A.M. I pick him up and hold him to my chest. He immediately lays his head on my shoulder as he wraps his arms around my neck. His feet are touching my belly; his chest is on my chest, his head in the crook of my neck. He can not get any closer to me, or show more trust in me to comfort him in his fear. He literally has cast all his cares upon me because he knows that at three o’clock in the morning, no one cares for you more than Daddy.

As Christians, you and I have been given the same privilege to wrap our arms around our Daddy’s neck in the hour when we are most afraid. We have a Daddy who loves us more than we can imagine, who will give us His peace to comfort us when are afraid, for we were not given the spirit of fear, but a Spirit of love so that at 3:00 A.M. we can cry out, DADDY!

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful (John 14:27).