God is Father. By his own desire and purpose, God has always been, is now and forever will be Father. J.I. Packer says in his book Knowing God that the highest privilege that we have as Christians is to be called a son. This is because God is Father. Before God was judge, healer, savior, creator and so much more, he was Father to his eternal Son Jesus Christ. It’s to this deep, eternal, all-consuming fellowship that we are called.
In Calvary’s Statement of Faith, we say that “the Father is eternal, all knowing, everywhere present, and all-powerful…holy, righteous, and just. His love, grace, mercy, and justice were manifested in the atoning death of his only begotten son….”

Above all though, for the believer, he is Father. This truth is what takes us to the heart of the fellowship that Jesus has always had with God. The Father living in Jesus and Jesus living in the Father; the Father and the Son living in us, and us living in them.

This is what has caused people to be overwhelmed with joy, caused them to give up their earthly rights and comforts, endure persecution and death, even while rejoicing. They have discovered this endless river of love flowing from the heart of the Father through his Son to us by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

It’s good to have a perfect Father. Every Christian can claim and take comfort in this. This praise will go on and on for all eternity. It’s good to start it now.