The Father Does Not Want to Condemn You
“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”—John 3:17
Oswald Chambers gives us insight: “The love of God is not
created — it is His very nature. When you doubt His love, you doubt the core of who He is.” Therefore, Chambers exhorts us to: “Never measure God’s love by your feelings. Measure it by the Cross.” — My Utmost for His Highest.
The Father did not send Jesus to condemn us, but to save us.
The Father’s heart has always been love, not condemnation. Though justice required judgment, love found a way to satisfy it through mercy. Isaiah foretold this divine plan: “Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.”—Isaiah 53:10 The Father chose to pour out His full wrath upon His beloved Son so that we might be spared. What an astonishing thought—that God devised a plan where He and His Son would suffer the most, so that we could be forgiven and restored.
This is love in its highest form. Love is the greatest virtue. One
may sacrifice, be faithful, be loyal, be disciplined, but not have love (1 Corinthians 13). Love laying itself down for others is the purest demonstration of God. Not anger, hatred, or vengeance—but love. The Father Himself declares: “Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” —Jeremiah 31:3
The Father’s intention toward you is never condemnation—it is
always redemption. His love has already endured the suffering necessary to bring you near to Himself. Today, rest in the truth that the Father’s heart is for you, not against you. Let His everlasting love draw you closer.
THE FATHER WANTS TO PROVIDE AND PROTECT YOU
In revealing the Father, Jesus taught His disciples to pray
directly to Him for every need of life. “Our Father, which art in Heaven… Give us this day our daily bread; Forgive us; Deliver us from evil.”
Our Father longs to carry the worries and burdens that weigh
us down. He never intended for His children to bear the weight of anxiety or fear. Yet, if we live distant from Him—if we have not allowed the Holy Spirit to strengthen our inner man—our faith may falter, and we may struggle to receive the Father’s provision.
But what a glorious truth Peter reminds us of: “Casting all your
care upon Him; for He careth for you” (1 Peter 5:7). There is not a single moment or circumstance in which our heavenly Father will leave us without help.
When Paul faced his own weakness, the Lord said
to him, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. “Paul’s response was beautiful: “Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:9).
And this promise still stands: “For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5). You are never forgotten. The Father who sees you also sustains you. He invites you to draw near, cast your cares upon Him, and rest in His unfailing love.
THE FATHER WANTS TO COMFORT US
It is the Father who comforts us. He reveals Himself as the God of
tender mercy—the One who stoops down to notice us, even though we have never deserved one good thing from His hand. He is not distant or indifferent, but near and attentive, watching over His children with great compassion. The same God who rules the heavens bends low to care for the brokenhearted and the weary.
He is also the God of all consolation. In every season of our lives, He meets us in our afflictions with the comfort of His Spirit. The Father does not leave His children to be consumed by anxiety, persecution, or temptation. No—by His comfort He bears us up when we are weak, leads us through when the path is dark, and carries us above when the waves rise high.
When everything around us seems uncertain,
the Father remains the steady answer to our every need. His promises are sure; His presence is unfailing. Every burden that weighs us down finds rest when laid at His feet. He has proven Himself faithful repeatedly—our refuge, our peace, our strength. He is my Burden-Bearer, the God who carries what I cannot, and the Father who never fails to comfort His own.
THE FATHER’S CONSTANT THOUGHTS OF YOU
The Father always thinks about you. His thoughts toward you are more than the sand upon the sea. He never turns His mind aside from you; you are always before His eyes. From the moment of your conception, His care has surrounded you. “My substance was not hid from Thee, when I was made in secret … Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in Thy book all my members were written … How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I
should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with Thee” (Psalm 139:15-18).
The Father says, “Because you are precious in My eyes, and
honored, and I love you, I give men in exchange for your life” (Isaiah 43:4- 5). You were chosen in Him before the foundation of the world. He knows when you sit down and when you rise up; He understands your thoughts from afar and is acquainted with all your ways. He has numbered the very hairs of your head.
His love is so tender that you may run to Him in all things, for in all your afflictions, He is afflicted. “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. “Who, then, shall separate you from the love of God? None can pluck you from His hand. The One who called you is “able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before His glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24). And even if a mother could forget her child, your Father declares, “Yet I will not forget you.” You are ever in His thoughts, ever in His care, and ever in His heart.
God’s agapē love means you are loved at your worst—and that love never changes.
When you live in awareness of this love, you find freedom from
fear, insecurity, and striving. The same love that reached you now flows through you.
Beloved, be careful that you are not just a receiver. The children of God also love this way. They love others at their worst. This is what separates the children of God from every other religion and people. Agapē is supernatural, and God shed this Agapē into your heart by the Holy Ghost: “… the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us. – Romans 5:5.
As God has loved us, so we are called to love others: “A new
commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you.” —John 13:34. Agapē is the distinguishing mark of true discipleship. It empowers forgiveness, fuels compassion and transforms relationships. It is the one constant trait distinguishing you as a true child of the God of Love.