June 18, 2023
My dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today’s auspicious word is taken from the book of Isaiah 64:8, “O Lord You are our father. We are the clay. And You are our potter. All we are the work of Your hand.”
We see that Prophet Isaiah considered the Lord our God, who is the Lord of Heaven as his Father. So we also can consider our God as the Father according to this verse. He says, “Lord You are our Father.” Today God looks at you and says that he has given you a worldly father. But God the Father, who has given you the worldly father, is a loving Father. If your worldly Father has sacrificed so much for you, then the Heavenly Father has done much more by giving His only son Jesus Christ, as a sacrifice for us on the cross. For God so loved the world that He gave His only son that whoever believes in Him shall be saved. This is how the Lord loves every representative, man and woman, every mankind. He is a loving God a loving Father. Very beautifully Isaiah says, “Lord You are our Father. And we are just like the clay in your hands.”Only a Father knows how to modify his child to a good personality. So Lord it is you who molds us. We are the workmanship of your hands. What is God trying to tell us, from this verse is that, the worldly father whom God has given to you are trying to shape you into good human beings.
The word of God says, the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. Father not only begets a child but grooms the child. Just as the potter shapes and molds the clay into a useful vessel, he will draw a line over the vessel. While drawing the line there will be pain for the clay but only through drawing lines fine shapes will be created. While shaping the vessel as per the potter desires or decides, there may be lumps of clay here and there and the potter very carefully removes all the unwanted lumps of clay to bring the vessel into proper shape. Only after he is satisfied with the shape and size and finishing of the vessel, he will stop his work. In the same manner the worldly father will also, while bringing up his child, will check and correct him so that he will be a better child. But while doing so the child will be hurt. This the father does in order that the child will not commit any mistake in life. The child may have unwanted bad behavior, so the Father by correcting the child will help the child to grow as a better person, only such a person can be a good Father.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Sometimes I have heard people say when they come for counseling, “ Brother, “I have not been educated at least let my children study well. Kindly pray for them. My child should speak well in English. I cannot speak English, but would love to see my child speak well in English.” This is the desire of many fathers. They expect that their child should be a great achiever. Father desires that his child should become a collector of a district. So the Father spends more money and puts a lot of effort to see that their child do well in life. You need to know something; the mother’s love is beyond understanding. It is unique. The mother carries the baby in her womb for ten long months. It is a real sacrifice. They cannot eat properly, they cannot move about as they like. They sometimes suffer from morning sickness, much trouble they endure. For ten months they themselves make sacrifices in order to beget a beautiful child. The mothers beget her child in the tenth month, and after the baby is washed the nurse brings the baby and hands it over to the father of the child. The nurse would ask, where is the father? Where is the father of this child? When the Father receives the child what a great joy he is filled with. When the Father receives the child it would be a difficult and delicate situation yet he will be filled with great joy to see his child in his arms. The person feels such a joy to think that God has granted or blessed him with a child and that he has become a Father. From the day the father carries the child in his arms, till the very end the father cares for his child. The father will carry not only his child but also carries his troubles. The Father meets all the needs of his child too. Mother bears the child in her womb for ten months, and begets the child and gives it to the Father. Till the end of his life the Father toils for his child.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, A father is one who carries his child. So on this Father’s day, may each one of you be good Fathers. I salute all the fathers. I remain in the Father’s place and salute all the fathers. Seeing your sacrifice God will bless your children. In whatever manner you want your child to be, you grow them. In case your child is caught up in some bad behavior, then you try to check it out and remove the bad behavior just as the potter removes all the unwanted lumps from the clay. Pray to the Lord regarding your child. Then He will remove all unwanted behavior of your child and clean up your child and hand it over to you. Then a day will come and you shall say,’ Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be for signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion. Many of you are reading this message, try to understand your father and learn to love and respect your father. Why is your father being stern with you? It is because he wants you to grow as a good child. He wants to bring up a good child. Children must shine. So if a father admonishes his child do not consider him as a terrorist. Today after you read this message I wish you run up to your father hug and kiss him and honor him with gifts. Encourage your father. A small gift will bring great joy to your father. Tell your father that in case you had made any mistake and ask him for his forgiveness. After all you are a small boy or a small girl. So tell your father, I’m sorry dad. And your father will be so glad and will immediately forgive you of your mistake. I have heard certain children talk like this. When fathers fail to get their child what they need, then they would say, why did this man become my father?
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, What certain children talk about their parents is really painful. All your fathers are doing their best as much as they can. They are giving you the best education. I remember a family who came to the meeting. The father was not there. So I asked the girl, “Why hasn’t your father come to the meeting?” She said, I have completed my +2 and entering the college. So in order to pay my fees my father works the whole day. He drives the auto during the day, and during the night he would take up security work. My father doesn’t sleep properly in the night, because he needs to earn extra money to pay my fees. I am going to the college. So he has to pay my fees. Her father’s desire was to make his daughter, secure a government job. This is the longing of the father. Many fathers are like that. In case your father beats or shouts at you, but the next moment he would cry regretting to have beaten you. He would say, “Oh I have beaten my child.” The father might even be crying, because of his behavior. He would say, “It is for his good that I beat him. But I have beaten him with my own hands.” But the children cannot understand the tears of their father. Try to understand your father who cares for you. Just as the Father carries his child so the Lord carries each one of us. The Father carries the burden of his child’s education. Then later he bears all the cost and expenditure of his child’s marriage. The Father also does all that he should be doing for his child even after their marriage. He takes care of his grandchildren and does all his best for them. So it is this grandfather who goes and stands for them in time of needs. That burden is also carried by this aged old grandfather. If the grand child is having some kind of trouble then it is this grandfather who will be attending to the needs of his grandchild. If the child is in trouble then he thinks that he should sell what he has, to help out his daughter. He will be trying to sell what he has in order to help his child.
All the fathers think in this way. What is the use of having money and wealth and property if they cannot help their child. They would say, “My child is in debts what the use of this property is if I cannot sell the property and help my child who is in great debts. ’’ This is what the father thinks about his child. There are so many fathers who considered their house as their dream and treasure but have sold it for the sake of their child who is going through financial crisis. Many fathers mortgage their property and educate their children. Because they think that their child should do well in his life. Their child should lift up their head and walk like other people. Father thinks that his child should live a respectful life on the face of this earth.
So my dear children, keeping all these things in mind, you should be always honest in your life. You should love them for what they are. You should encourage them saying, “Father do not be worried, I am there for you.” I will grow up and close all your debts. ’’ In case for some reason if you are angry with your father, then go straight to your father and ask your father for forgiveness. Say “I’m sorry. I have been so stubborn that I did not talk to you all these days. You must have been hurt so badly because of my behavior. Kindly forgive me.” Make your parents happy. Give a small gift to your father. Your father is carrying you, He is carrying your burden, Your father is carrying all things concerned about you to help you for a better future. May God help you to live a life of testimony as an honor to your father. So give a surprise visit to your father and make him glad. Give him a surprise gift. Pray for your father’s wellbeing. Thank God for giving you such a wonderful father. Keep your parents very happy.
Prayer: Dear Lord we Thank You. Lord I bless all the children who are reading this message. Lord you are our heavenly father. Since you loved us so much you gave your only Son Jesus Christ, to be sacrificed on the cross. Thank You Lord for giving each one of us a worldly father. You have blessed our father with the capacity to earn their living and thus meet all our needs, so we thank you. Answer the prayers of all the fathers and on this Father’s day, I pray that they will be happy and cheerful with their family. Lord in case there are children who despise their parents, who don’t understand their parents. Make them to understand their parents. May the Father and their children have a cordial relationship, from this day onwards. I ask this in Jesus name. In case there are fathers, who are pleading to God regarding their children’s settlement, and also if no good events have taken place in their homes for various reasons, and if such fathers are crying to God regarding this matter, I pray that you will bless the fathers as per the desire of their hearts. Give their children good life partners. Give their children a bright future. May the children shine in life, So that their fathers may be able to see them shine. I bless all the fathers from the bottom of my heart. May the Lord Perform great miracles in their life .
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
