The other day my daughter was given a project in school to write about the
greatest gift she could give to her parents.
After some time of thinking about this assignment, she determined
that the greatest gift she could give to me would be a file cabinet that I
could keep all of my papers in.
I enjoy reading, writing and research as it pertains to my walk with
Abba YHVH
and I therefore have a fair amount of paperwork in my office, usually stored
away in neat and clean order, but not always.
I enjoyed her perspective on this project that she was given.
This led me to think about how I, as a parent, would complete this
assignment. An interesting
perspective to place myself in as the receiver of the gift.
Often times a gift is given with the emphasis placed first on the
giver, and secondly on the recipient of the gift.
With this in mind, I began to think of the greatest gift that either of my
children could possibly give to me.
This was actually pretty easy to identify, as I seem to ask for it
many times every day, with mixed results.
The greatest gift that my children could ever give me would be to
believe in me and hear what I said to them and follow that which they heard.
Questions as to how to accomplish that which I had just given them to
do are welcome, debates and arguments about whether this is what they
thought was best for them, or if it is what they desired at that moment in
time, are not. The wisdom and
understanding of WHY would be evident at some future point in time, and for
now it is simply enough to hear and follow.
In our relationship with Abba
YHVH, the roles are reversed.
We come to our Loving Daddy as children, with a humble heart, holding
the greatest gift that He could ever receive, the gift of ourselves as a
living sacrifice. We give this gift to Him because He loved us first, not
out of anything that we expect to receive in return.
We believe and follow all that He commands us to do, not debating the
whys and wherefores with Him, but trusting that in His love, only He knows
what is best for us. Wisdom and
understanding will come from believing and following, and with that, a
closer relationship with our Loving Daddy, Abba YHVH.
Dale,
December 6, 2008