Getting Used To Abba

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15

An affectionate term for our Father in Heaven seems to those of us raised in certain types of churches to be too much, or perhaps too little, or just too darn familiar! And yet, when Jesus submitted His will to the Father's in the garden that night, He began with that most familiar term, Abba. (Mark 14:36). It tells of our fallen beginning in this life that the One who knows our innermost thoughts we try to keep at a distance with stiff and formal terms or names for Him. We think with false humility that never should we use 'Daddy' or 'Abba' for God when we pray to Him. And yet, do we really want to spend eternity with a distant deity when we could have intimate and familiar contact with a Father we know and love as He knows and loves us?

Get familiar with the Father, our dear Abba!

Bucky