“This is my father’s sitting room. I can stretch my legs and do what I like.” I was curious about such confident statements from my daughter years ago, so I asked her mum for a clue. The mum responded, “When pupils sit like that in school, the teacher asks, ‘Are you in your Dad’s sitting room?’ She got the idea from there.”
Friend, do you know your Father’s House (Luke 15:17)? It’s a Freedom House (2 Corinthians 3:17)! Do you know you can bask in joy and confidence like my daughter? You’re free from condemnation (Romans 8:1), and you can express yourself without fear (1 John 4:18).
Like my daughter, you can rest on your Dad and confidently declare your rights. I love her understanding and boldness! Nobody can bully or intimidate her – she knows her father’s house and her father (Luke 10:22). She’s not afraid; she knows her rights and enjoys her privileges.
My daughter knows how to tell the devil what she knows and how she feels (John 8:32). She’s living life to the full, not holding back on freedom and redemption. She’s a portrait of a well-taught New Testament believer: she knows freedom, has seen freedom, enjoys freedom, and confesses freedom (John 8:36).
What about you? Do you understand and bask in the truth of your Father’s house? The Father’s house is the most important house in scripture (John 14:2). Understanding it helps you appreciate the Potter’s House (Jeremiah 18:1-6).
Love makes training and moulding enjoyable. I train my children, discipline them, and subject them to processes that help them grow. It may seem difficult, but they enjoy it because they understand the father’s house and love (Hebrews 12:5-13). What about you?
‘Demola Awoyele
Lead Pastor,
Destiny Impact Church
Akure, Nigeria