Conversations with God His Father were an essential and desired part of Jesus’ life. For three years, his disciples watched him pray in solitude. John the Baptist also prayed and taught his disciples to pray. Now Jesus’s disciples asked him to teach them how to pray.
Elsewhere, Jesus taught them when and where to pray. He also gave them examples of what not to do when praying. Here, he started by giving them an example of what to pray about.
“Father…” God is my loving Father. He gives and maintains my existence. He is the breath of life. He provides substance. He disciplines me. He teaches me. He is always with me. Most of all, he loves me, as all righteous fathers do. All he does is based on love. God my Father so loved me that he sent his one and only Son to die for me. As was done for me, so I should do to others.
My heavenly Father is holy. Holiness is being perfect, transcendent, and pure, thus evoking adoration and reverence. My holy Father, God evokes respect, reverence, and awe. He is frightening beyond belief. He is perfect power, wisdom, existence, and perfect love and beauty. My Father, God is life, the desire of all mankind. God is ecstasy perfection.
My Father is invincible. He has an everlasting kingdom beyond human imaginations of holy perfection. His kingdom has been coming and will continue to come. No power in heaven, earth, or hell can prevail against my Father’s kingdom. He is always advancing. He is never retreating. His perfect love cannot be denied.
God is, always has been, and always will be my Father.
