the loving father

Today was one of those days where I could clearly hear God speak to me through his word about an issue I am going through at the moment. I am currently studying the gospel of luke as part of my morning devotion and strangely enough I landed on luke 11:11-13 and it struck home.

'"what father among you, if his son asks for a fish will instead give him a serpent; of if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? if you then, who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly father give the holy spirit to those who ask him!" luke 11:11-13.

 Have you been in a situation where you find a small child playing with a dangerous object and you take it from them? they would scream from the top of their lungs like you have taken away their only source of joy, but you ignore them and put it faraway from them. why? its because you love them and you want to protect them, knowing fully well that they are ignorant and cant protect them selves.

Is this not the picture of God's love in our lives? Many times God takes away things from us and we weep and ask why he would take away something so precious and dear to us, but we forget that God is a loving God who always wants our good even when we rather hold on to something that will harm us. If we, who are evil know how to protect our children from harmful things, how much more a loving and perfectly good God?

my prayer everyday is that we remember that God is sovereign and is working and organizing every pain, joy, success and hardship for our ultimate good.