Heavenly Father
““Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.””
I just want to say right at the outset, a very Happy Father's Day to all the fathers who are listening to this message. And indeed, more so to all the families who are going to spoil dad today! We trust that you are going to be really spoilt, Why? Because you deserve it!
“Oh, but Uncle Angus my dad is always so grumpy. Often when I talk to him, I know he is not even listening to me.”
“My dad is always so strict with me. He doesn’t let me go out with all the others.”
That is because he loves you and he wants to protect you. He is grumpy sometimes and maybe he is concerned. He is the one who is putting the bread on the table and has got to pay the accounts at the end of the month... Mom is helping him but it is ultimately his responsibility. He is concerned because the company has told him that they have to let him go or maybe the farm or the business is in dire straits. Give him lots of love and grace today.
You say, “My dad is always working, we hardly ever see him.” That’s right... He is trying to pay the bills so that you will receive a good education and that you will be able to go to bed at night with a full tummy of food. That is why you have nice clothes to wear - because your dad is trying to hold down that job so that he can give you maybe something that he never had.
I always remember very fondly, my late dad who was a blacksmith, he was a tradesman. We didn’t have much money but we always had food to eat, we always had a nice warm bed to sleep in - but we didn’t have any extras. One day I was complaining to my dad: “Dad, you know, I am the only boy in my class that doesn’t have a watch, a wristwatch.”
And I will never forget that old Scotsman, taking his watch off his wrist, and giving it to me, and saying, “You take that, son.” And you know, when you are a little boy, sometimes you don’t understand and you don’t appreciate what your dad does for you.
I can hear someone saying, “But I don’t have a dad, Uncle Angus.” Oh yes, you do - All of us do, every single one of us! We have a Heavenly Father and do you know how much He loves us? He loves us so much that He gave us His most precious gift. What was that - It was His only Begotten Son. The most famous scripture verse in the whole Bible:
“For God so loved the world (He loved you) that He gave His only Begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16
Enjoy spoiling your dad today. He is worth it!
God bless you.