Here is an excerpt from my little book The Trinitarian Father that comes back and again to convict me:
The idea that God our Father wants to give us all good things and equip us to inherit all good things actually began in the garden. The Fall did not take away that desire from our Father. In fact, we can even say that now—because of Christ’s ascension to the right hand of the Father—God wants to give us even more wonderful things for our enjoyment. It is easy to stop and think, “Things are going so well, therefore I should not expect things to continue this way.” But the reality is that we should expect a loving Father to continue to shower us with good gifts. He is the abundant God who gives abundant life to his own (Jn. 10:10). It is his nature to do so. Our expectations should not be that God is always up to hurting or damaging us—a cosmic red light on the road to blessing—rather, God’s pleasure is to provide a table for us in the presence of our enemies and show us “the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 2:7). It is this Father that has adopted us as sons and daughters (Rom. 8:15).
