06/22/2026
Father’s Day can certainly bring a range of emotions. My father has always been a godly, wise, and steady influence in my life, and I am blessed to still have him, so Father’s Day is a good day for me. For those who had wonderful fathers who have already passed on, Father’s Day is likely bitter sweet, a mix of sadness and gratitude. For some, who never knew their father, or who had a father who wasn’t who he needed to be, Father’s Day can be very hard.
Regardless of whether yesterday was a good day or a bad day for you, there is an incredible truth in scripture that I pray will encourage you today. The bible teaches us that we can address God as Father. That’s right, the one and only God of the universe; the only true Sovereign; the omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient God invites you to call him Father. Actually, the proper term is Abba, Father, which means “dearest daddy.”
If it seems like you aren’t worthy to call God “dearest daddy”, you are correct, you are aren’t. That’s the beauty of the gospel. By the grace of God and the power of the gospel, we are brought into fellowship with the Father, and we are adopted as sons and daughters of God.
It breaks my heart to think of the hurt that ungodly or absent fathers can cause. But I’m so thankful for a heavenly Father who can fill that void the lives of those who choose to call Him father. He is a father who will never leave you nor forsake you. You can know the love of the perfect Father simply by placing your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!”- Romans 8:15
