Matthew 7:9-11 says, "What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"
Jesus reveals a bit of the character of the Father here. The Father desires to give good gifts to His children. What are these good gifts God gives us? My professor told a story about his son when he was young. His son got a large splinter in his foot that broke off deep under the surface. My professor took one look at it and knew he had two options; take him to the clinic and let someone hurt him badly, or he must hurt him badly. As he and his wife held his son down his son said, "Daddy, daddy! Stop! Why are you doing this?" The father knew if he left that splinter in it would abscess, become infected, etc. Did this father give His son a good gift? YES!
We have such limited understanding. We believe that good gifts are health, wealth, comfort and happiness. What we don't see is that God desires our growth not our comfort and everything he does is for this purpose. Though we often miss it, God is orchestrating, moment by moment, opportunities for us to grow. This is how the Father gives us good gifts.
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- "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and they did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them he gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." John 1:9-14
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