Do you know God as your loving Father? Excerpt
By lb50 on November 11, 2012
The love a person can receive is often filtered through a distorted image of how he or she was loved and accepted by their own earthly father. This relationship often sets the tone for all other relationships one experiences throughout their lifetime. A poor relationship between father and child establishes a precedent. A pattern of rejection, failure, incompetence, and insignificance takes root.
Strong mindsets are formed by years of twisted belief systems that hold people in bondage, making them captive to a faulty way of thinking. These lies of the enemy are played over and over in our minds until they look, sound, and feel like a part of us. Often, we believe it is our own character weaknesses that cause us to behave in certain ways, and sometimes it is. However, there are also spiritual aspects of our makeup that must be addressed in the spirit realm. The answer often lies in intense prayer, but it must first start with foundational truths of who we are as we relate to God, the Father. God, the Father, is perfect in every way. He is the ultimate role model for all earthly fathers to emulate. Our earthly fathers are often weak, broken vessels who are incapable of meeting all of our needs. Thus, we grow up looking for those needs being met in ways that are sometimes destructive, and often out of the plan our Heavenly Father has set up for us and our lives. A father’s role is one of creating us, establishing our identity, protecting, guiding and leading us. He is pivotal in the development of who and what we are to become. There is hope.
The good news of the Gospel tells us that once we have been redeemed and adopted into a new family, a heavenly family, we can experience the love of the perfect Father. This transformation takes place as we grasp the truth of the scriptures and replace our old way of thinking by putting on the new man in Christ Jesus that we have become through faith in Him. We must simply have a change of mind. It is through the process of renewing the mind by which an individual can put failures of an earthly father behind him, no longer being held hostage to the disappointments that life has had to offer, or the beliefs Satan has thrown his way! First and foremost, it is critical that a decision is made to forgive the biological father for all his shortcomings. In some cases, this may be a very painful road to walk. No matter how heinously one has been treated or abused, God is waiting with loving arms to show Himself and the fullness of His love. Therefore, with a decision of one’s will, the change will begin. Take a walk down the path of ancient truths that have long been established. Set your mind for transformation. Choose to accept the truth and forevermore reject the tormenting voices of rejection.
Robin Bertram is one of the most passionate teachers of our time in the field of personal transformation. “Overcoming” and “Victorious” are two words that best describe Robin’s life journey. With her infectious energy, empathetic spirit, and inspirational messages she offers a refreshing antidote to the self-help, talking head experts and “Oprah theology.” For the past fifteen years, she has reached many throughout the southeast with her positive messages about God’s love, His grace, and the freedom we have in Jesus Christ. She has been very instrumental in the field of praying for transformation of the whole person; body, soul, and spirit.
Website: http://www.robinbertram.org/index.php.
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