To make an end to man's world's dismal story
Of lawlessness and sorrow, death and pain,
The start of which was sin, and end was gory,
His coming will be in the Father's glory,
And He will see, reigning in truth and peace
The Father's kingdom flourish and increase.
Mark 8: 38
So Jesus answered, saying, "Father, Lord
Of heaven and earth ..."; the One who has the right
To give to each their suitable award,
Has hidden things from those who claim the light,
Since giving to the poor was His delight;
The wise may model heaven by astrolabes:
The Father gives His model to the babes.
Matthew 11: 25.
(Hawthornden)
"My Father's" will was Jesus' first concern
And those who do it know His graciousness
As those who are His family, they learn;
They are the persons whom He came to bless,
And with His Father those He will confess,
Because, before He went to bear their guilt
He said, "not as I will but as thou wilt".
Matthew 12: 50; 10: 32; 26: 39.
To pray unto the One whom He made known
They have the liberty to say, "Our Father ...".
They long to reverence His Name alone;
They long to see the glory of His throne;
They trust in Him to bear them on His arm,
To meet their needs, and shelter them from harm.
When you give alms let your left hand not know
What your right hand does; for "thy Father" sees
In secret: He discerns what you bestow.
Close yourself in when you bow down your knees:
"Thy Father" only is the One to please;
And do not fast for other men to see:
"Thy Father's" grace "shall render it to thee".
Matthew 6: 1; 6: 6; 6: 18
"Thy" rather than "your" is singular.
Your Father who is in the heavens gives
Good gifts, and as His people's nature shows
His feature of forgiveness He forgives.
He gives good gifts because your Father knows
What's better than the gifts you might propose.
And, as the gifts He gives you are applied
In lives, your Father will be glorified.
Your heavenly Father knows that you have need
And therefore He will graciously provide
With clothes to wear, and bread on which to feed.
He is the One in whom you may confide,
As you set sins against yourself aside;
And all the wealth of heaven comes in view
Because Christ's heavenly Father planted you.
I have been pondering on the way in which the Lord Jesus brings out the truth of relationships with the Father. This verse refers to Matthew 6: 32, 6: 14, 15: 13.
