The NIV 365 Day Devotional

God is Our Heavenly Father

Throughout Scripture, God continually encourages us to rely on him like a child relies on a parent. Some of us may have lost the ability to trust because our parents never provided adequately for our needs, while others of us may have lost our ability to trust through circumstances—a failed job, death of a loved one, a lost desire.

But God has revealed time and again that he can help us relearn that childlike faith if we let him. It’s a matter of cultivating a relationship with him and letting him show himself faithful as he works good out of our circumstances. Close your eyes and picture yourself resting your head on Jesus’ chest. Can you hear his heart beating with love for you?

Reflect and Pray: What circumstances are you in right now in which you need to trust God as a child trusts her daddy? What are some ways in which you know that God—your heavenly Father—protects you? How can you become more like a child in the kingdom of God?

Look up and pray through some of the verses about who God is, and pray with them to learn more on this topic.

Word to take with you today: Father.

Taken from The NIV Busy Mom’s Bible.