GOOD GIFTS OF GOD’S LOVE
God expresses His Fatherly love in the things He gives His children, when He gives it and how. The evidence of Scriptures is that He gives good gifts:
God has revealed Himself to us “The Father of Lights” and Scriptures attest that from Him alone comes “every good and every perfect gift”, assuring us also that in His character and nature “there is no variation or shadow due to change”. He gives freely and graciously; He gives according to His own will. (See James 1:16–18, ESV).
This is the God to whom we direct our righteous requests and before whom we stand, expecting to receive “good things”.
What good thing do you desire? No loving human father will ever give his children something he knows will be detrimental to their general wellbeing or welfare. He will not give them stone when they request bread, nor will he accede to their request if what they desire will ultimately harm them. He will use he will use good judgment to give them fish should they unwittingly request “snake” (which I use here to symbolize something that is ultimately harmful). Parents who allow their children to have whatever they want fail their children in many ways.
Now if our human parents care for us so much, how much more do you imagine that your heavenly Father cares for you? He died on the cross in order to give you the greatest thing you will ever need: Your salvation.
“He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:32, ESV)
What the Father withholds from us is as important as what He allows us to have. They all express His gift of love to us. Be grateful for both what He releases and what He withholds - they are both different sides of the “good things” and the “good gifts” that come from the Father. If He gives us everything we long for, some of them will inevitably overwhelm us, destroy our faith and, ruin our lives.
“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him”. (1 John 5:14-15)
Expect the perfect will of God to be done in every situation in your life. Ask according to the will of God; believe that you receive the will of God, and your needs will be met according to His will! Your heavenly Father loves you, and His love will determine what He gives, when He gives it and in what proportion!
“If your child asks you for bread, would any of you give him a stone? Or if your child asks for a fish, would you give him a snake? Even though you’re evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. So how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him?” (Matthew 7:9–11, GW)Do you consider the Lord God to be your Father in heaven? If so, let me assure you with these few words that you can wholly rely on His word and truly expect this promise in our text to be your reality, that your gracious Father in heaven is righteous and will “give good things to those who ask Him”.
God has revealed Himself to us “The Father of Lights” and Scriptures attest that from Him alone comes “every good and every perfect gift”, assuring us also that in His character and nature “there is no variation or shadow due to change”. He gives freely and graciously; He gives according to His own will. (See James 1:16–18, ESV).
This is the God to whom we direct our righteous requests and before whom we stand, expecting to receive “good things”.
What good thing do you desire? No loving human father will ever give his children something he knows will be detrimental to their general wellbeing or welfare. He will not give them stone when they request bread, nor will he accede to their request if what they desire will ultimately harm them. He will use he will use good judgment to give them fish should they unwittingly request “snake” (which I use here to symbolize something that is ultimately harmful). Parents who allow their children to have whatever they want fail their children in many ways.
Now if our human parents care for us so much, how much more do you imagine that your heavenly Father cares for you? He died on the cross in order to give you the greatest thing you will ever need: Your salvation.
“He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:32, ESV)
What the Father withholds from us is as important as what He allows us to have. They all express His gift of love to us. Be grateful for both what He releases and what He withholds - they are both different sides of the “good things” and the “good gifts” that come from the Father. If He gives us everything we long for, some of them will inevitably overwhelm us, destroy our faith and, ruin our lives.
“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him”. (1 John 5:14-15)
Expect the perfect will of God to be done in every situation in your life. Ask according to the will of God; believe that you receive the will of God, and your needs will be met according to His will! Your heavenly Father loves you, and His love will determine what He gives, when He gives it and in what proportion!
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