day no. 16,823: my father's God

Exodus 15:2-3

The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.

The God of my fathers is the Father God. He loves His children and their children. It is often said that, "God has no grandchildren," in order to emphasize that regeneration is not a genetic characteristic one can inherit, like blue eyes, blonde hair, or blood type. And in so much as that point is made, fair enough. That said, it must also be noted that God is not disinterested in the salvation of His children's children. He looks to bless thousands of generations of faithful fathers by blessing their children and their children's children. In that sense, God is also not merely like a grandfather, since a papa looks primarily to the child of his child, but God looks to the children of His children nine hundred ninety-nine times over. If God is not like a grandpa, it is because He is better than an earthly patriarch. He has more in mind than grandbabies.

3 John 4

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

The only thing I want more than seeing my kids confess Christ is to watch them marry well and teach their kids to do the same. And the only thing I want more than seeing my grandkids confess Christ is overhearing them teaching their kids to teach their kids to teach their kids to confess Christ.

My father’s God is strong

He is my strength, my song

He’s my salvation

— My Soul Among Lions,

The Song of Moses (Ex 15)

May generations of Van Voorsts confess in chorus, "My father's God is strong," because He is.