Abba Father

Word of the Day
Beloved, submission is the key to true sonship in the Kingdom. When My son came to the Jordan to be baptized and I spoke from the heavens and said, “This is My Son in whom I am well pleased”, it means more than you think. It was a proclamation made to inform all that was and is to come — that, Jesus, My son, had walked in complete submission to Me in purpose and deed, thereby, worthy of inheritance.

Up to this time, Jesus had preformed no miracles, no great deeds and yet, I loved Him. Just as I love and loved Him, I love you with no less love. I love you without you having to perform one deed. I love you, just because you are and for no other reason. I know this is hard to fathom at times especially when you struggle or feel condemned by the enemy. Never the less, it is true. No truer statement has ever been made or said. Simply put, I LOVE YOU!

No, you cannot work for My approval for it is simply My great pleasure to love you. When you try and work for My pleasure you become like an orphan…like a slave. This cannot be. You are My son, My daughter (Romans 8:15 Galatians 4:6). I delight in you no matter what and, most of all; I look at the motive of your heart. An orphan and slave you are not.

In fact, I call you friend. I know you have heard this truth; but. do you really believe I call you FRIEND. If not, I am going to make sure come to the full revelation of said truth. Friends accomplish so much more together than do master and slave. Slaves only have access to the rules of the law without relationship but friends have access to the deep things of heart.

Many desires of your heart to walk in fulfillment of Kingdom dreams and purposes are yours. They are being realized and the veil hiding understanding is being removed. Every orphaned way of looking at things is being stripped away. Sonship…friendship is here for you to take hold of and never let the enemy convince you he has the right to squat on your land and call you a slave. You are Mine…period.

Beloved, I am the Light of the world—the light of the cosmos—the light of the way of order and I give it all to you. In fact, I gave it to you before you ever were. So, come up higher and dare to believe and receive by faith the fullness of sonship, My valiant and victorious one. It is already yours…Read Complete Love Letter…

“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ” Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15 NASB)

“Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” (Galatians 4:6 NASB)

Prayer
Lord, please forgive me for the many times I have submitted to my own desire and will rather than Yours. Yes, I so long to be found faithful in the little things of life as well as the big. Sometimes the little things are harder for they are more frequently required to be acted upon. If not acted upon little by little, then the molehills of my life become like mountains. Mountains are harder to take back from the enemy than a molehill which can be kicked over very easily.

Father, I must admit I never thought about You being pleased with Jesus prior to all the miracles He did. I know You were, however; I never put it in this context. Imagine You being pleased with me even when I am doing nothing. Truly obedience is better than sacrifice.

Therefore, I choose to be in submission to Your overall purpose and to Your individual purpose in word and deed. In all of this, still I am not required to perform for Your love. All is birthed out of sonship…friendship. I am Your friend.

All You have given to me and will give to me is given with great pleasure…is given just because you love me. How wonderful to know that I am loved unconditionally by You. I am Your daughter…Your son. I am simply Yours and nothing else matters. I am loved just because it is Your great pleasure to do so. I receive by faith and I agree that I am your valiant, victorious one. I am Your friend and we have access to one another’s hearts. You are my great love and I am Yours. Amen
Reflect and Journal

1. Have you ever got down in the weeds, so to speak, of your own life to the point that you didn’t see the big picture? What area of your life tends to ever confront you in hopes of distracting you from walking according to the privileged, cherished, loved friend of God that you are?
2. In what ways have you found yourself working for His approval and not as a heart to heart friend without even realizing it?
3. Remember, to see darkness, to see weakness is half the battle and we often tend to leave things there by being…unwilling to fight…feeling unworthy to fight…feeling to overwhelmed to fight…or by feeling too hopeless to believe we have already overcome in Him. Once something is exposed it is subject to destruction and is not meant to haunt or threaten. He shows us things that need to be dealt with not to condemn us but to free us. Exposure subjects the said deed or issue to the manifest presence of Him who came to destroy the works of the evil one. What things has He shown you He wants to set you free from? Agree with Him and be made free…agree with Him and reclaim your land.
4. Reflect on the fact He delights in you no matter what your performance may or may not be.