For those of you who don't know, I have a three-year-old brother named Joey. This kid is the light of my life. He fills me with joy each and every day just by being himself. Lately, though, God has been using Joey to show me how He feels about me, and all of His children. Yesterday, for example, I was riding in the car with my Mom and Joey, listening to a CD of children's songs that he loves. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, Joey started singing along. My Mom and I stopped in mid-conversation and just listened. We sat there with our hands over our mouths, absolutely tickled at the sound of his little voice singing with such enthusiasm. He didn't have all the words exactly right, his pitch wasn't perfect, but we loved it.
It suddenly dawned on me, as I was listening to this precious voice, that this must be how God feels about us when we sing worship songs for Him. I know I don't have the most perfect voice and I don't always know the words, but somehow I think our Heavenly Father loves hearing it just the same.
The Bible says in 1 John 3:1 -
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!"
I get immeasurable joy out of Joey, and he isn't even my child. If I love him this much, how much more does our Father love us and get joy out of things that we do for Him?
3 comments:
That's an awesome pastorial provision you got there. Where've you been anyway?
What a great revelation from God --- I LOVE when He reveals things through little children!
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