I want to step back into the first chapter of Hebrews once again and take a look at the Father’s heart. This quote brings the heart of the Father into sharp relief.

“I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME”? – Hebrews 1:5

Today, we will take a trek through God’s Word and observe this heart. We’ll discover something about what makes God tick. I want to know more than God’s deeds. I want to know His ways. I want to be His friend, the one He can confide in. So when I get a glimpse of His heart, I’m hungry to dig in. Got your shovel?

As we saw a few weeks back, the original quote here is from 2 Samuel 7 when David the shepherd-king first considered building a house for God. But there is a permutation of this sentiment that shows up throughout the Bible that I want to just bring into the light.

The rest of this post is composed of scriptures that say this same thing. It’s striking to me how much of it comes from some of the strongest and hardest books in the Bible. God’s heart of love for His followers shines through even when He’s executing judgment or foretelling doom to the reprobate.

I believe the Word has the power to train our minds and transform us from the inside out. Let this flow of scripture touch and change you today.

“I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. “I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” – Genesis 17:7-8

“I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God. “They shall know that I am the LORD their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the LORD their God. – Exodus 29:45-46

‘But I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.'” – Leviticus 26:45

“I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, – 2 Samuel 7:14

‘I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. – Jeremiah 24:7

“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. – Jeremiah 31:33 NASB

“They shall be My people, and I will be their God; – Jeremiah 32:38

“And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. – Ezekiel 11:19-20

in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be My people, and I shall be their God,”‘ declares the Lord GOD.” – Ezekiel 14:11

“And it will never again be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”‘” – Ezekiel 29:16

‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My sheep from them and make them cease from feeding sheep. So the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”‘” … “And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken. – Ezekiel 34:10, 24

“They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God. … “My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. – Ezekiel 37:23, 27

and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.’ – Zechariah 8:8

“I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph, And I will bring them back, Because I have had compassion on them; And they will be as though I had not rejected them, For I am the LORD their God and I will answer them. – Zechariah 10:6

“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. “He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.” – Malachi 4:5-6

 

Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. – 2 Corinthians 6:16

For to which of the angels did He ever say, “YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”? And again, “I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME”? – Hebrews 1:5

“FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. – Hebrews 8:10

I pray you’ll meditate on this aspect of God’s love for His children. He is a good good Father!

Thanks for coming by today.

Blessings,

Ben

If you’ve missed any of our wanderings through Hebrews, you can catch up here.