One of the names Isaiah calls the Lord is ‘The Everlasting Father.’ I’ll tell you what that means. It doesn’t mean the Father that lives on and on in that sense of everlasting. No, the Hebrew text actually means ‘Father of eternity.’ He is the Father of eternity, the Father of an endless, joyful, successful, prosperous and healthy living. He’s the Father of all good, Hallelujah!
You know, Moses and Aaron called Him the Father of the spirits of all flesh (Numbers 16:22) and in the New Testament, He’s also called the Father of spirits (Hebrews 12:9). That’s who God is. When He looks at you, He looks beyond your today; He sees all your ‘tomorrows.’
You don’t have to wait for tomorrow to come to make it turn out well. Today, you can trust Him to handle your tomorrow because He sees all things. Your whole life is laid out before Him like pictures; all your tomorrows are laid bare before Him. He knows everywhere you will be at every point in your life. He knows every person you will ever meet. He knows every word you will ever say.
Isaiah 1:19 says, “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:” Now you’ve got to read this in the right context to understand what it means. That’s when you’d see that what He’s saying is, “If you are willing for Me to do it for you…” The Living Bible translation actually says, “If you will only let me help you, if you will only obey, then I will make you rich!”
Now you’re at the beginning of a new day, the Everlasting Father says to you, “If you will let Me, I will influence the day for your good.” Oh glory, Hallelujah! He already knows what it’s going to be like, and He can change the bad to good, if only you would let Him.
