Our Father

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 25th of March, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the New Testament, Matthew 6:9:

”In this manner, therefore, pray, Our Father in heaven,…”

What a beautiful sound in Father’s ear to hear his children cry out to Him: “Our Father who art in heaven…” That’s for young men and young women, old men and old women, and especially the children. It’s the best name by which we can think of God as our Father.

Martin Luther said, ”It is a loving, deep, sweet, heart-touching name, for the name of Father is, in its nature, full of inborn sweetness and comfort." As a father myself, I love to hear the name, when my children, grandchildren call me “Father”. It makes me feel so wanted, so warm. You might say, ”But Uncle Angus, I don’t have a father.” You might not have a father on earth, oh, but you’ve got a Father in heaven who created you, and He is just looking forward to seeing you at home time. Can you imagine the day when Father says, ”Welcome home John, welcome home Mary”? What a day that will be! In Zulu we say, ”Baba.” In the Xhosa language we say, ”Tata.” 

I have many men that have asked me to mentor them, five hundred and forty at the last count. I’m not their father. No, no, I don’t even pretend to be their father, but I do mentor them. Many of them don’t have an earthly father so they call me “Dad,” but they don’t call me “Father.” I love them dearly. When I get a message from them to say, ”Dad, we just want to tell you, we were praying for you this morning.” It touches my heart deeply.

Maybe there’s a lady out there who says, ”I’ve never had a father. I don’t know what a father’s like.” Oh, spend time in your closet speaking to Him and you’ll get to know Him so well. He is such a very special God. He’s your protector. He is your soon-coming king. He is your all-in-all. If you acknowledge Him as Father, you’ll have nothing to worry about.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. 
Goodbye.