Daddy's Eyes part 1
I say this a lot, "When God looks at us He sees Jesus, and when He looks at Jesus He sees us." And that's basically what I'm going to Rant about in this series. How things look through Daddy's eyes. So first things first, let's look at the Scripture that I'm basing this on: 1 John 4:17, "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." Ok. I'm NOT going to go into the "boldness in the day of judgment" part. I've Ranted it and preached it a bunch, and probably will again, but for now I'm focusing on the "as he is, so are we in this world" part. The no separation part. The Him in me and me in Him part. The "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30) part. Guys, we HAVE to identify ourselves as the Son. Otherwise how can we identify God as the Father? Jesus said eternal life is knowing the Father, and the One the Father sent. Living in the context of the Father/Son relationship. To live is to love, and to love is to live. We love because He first loved us. That Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into His hands. That's the ultimate truth of the universe. Daddy loves us. And He gave us everything we need. He blessed us with all Spiritual blessings. He gave us all things that pertain to life and godliness. Jesus did it all so we could get it all. A gift. An inheritance. Life, and that more abundantly. But, again, as long as we don't know who we are, we can't experience what we've got. As long as we don't know how Daddy sees us, we can't see ourselves, or each other, in that way. So I guess the question is, how does Daddy see us? "And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). And, listen, I know that the Father was speaking of the physical Jesus. But... as He is, so are we in this world. Right? So what's true about Jesus is true about us. He IS our true identity. He came to show us the Father. Not "God" as we thought of Him--a far away, distant, moody, and usually angry taskmaster who was just waiting for us to mess up so He could get us--but the FATHER. Jesus said no man comes to the FATHER but by me. Because how can you know God as Father unless you know yourself as Son? Only by the total and complete identification of Jesus as our true selves can we begin to understand who we are, where we are, and why we're here. Only when we see things through Daddy's eyes can we see things clearly. That's why Jesus, the light of the world, came to us. That's why the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. So that we could come out of the power of darkness and into the Kingdom of God's dear Son! There are a lot of pictures of God in the Bible. God is light. God is a Spirit. God is a consuming fire. God is love. But the biggest, best picture we have of God is a Father who loves His Son. And WE are that Son! I'm telling you: God is pleased with you. WELL pleased. Not because of what you do, but because of who you are. And because of who HE is. He sees us the way a Father sees His beloved Son. That's who He is, and that's who we are!