Day 15                                           To Fathers                                                1 John 2:13,14

13  I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

14  I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning.

         John writes this to men of different ages.  A man begins as a small boy.  He does not have the strength to accomplish great things,  but he can have the faith of a child.  It is at this stage that the boy accepts by faith the God who forgives sins.  As the boy grows,  he becomes a young man.  This is the period of his life when his muscles develop and he has that period of time when he has the most accomplishments.  He can outwork the boys or the older men.  He has a passion inside of him that declares that nothing is impossible.  It is also the time when young men go off with their strength to war.  They are able to overcome.  John writes about the young men who by conviction and strength have overcome the wicked one. 

         John continues to write about the man when he is old.  At some point his strength begins to fail.  Instead of injuring the man,  it becomes that man’s greatest blessing.  He know longer boasts of his achievements.  Now he has to rely upon a spiritual strength that he has learned to depend upon completely for every moment of every day.  He relies upon that strength for his health,  for his work,  for his breath.  As a young boy he came to know God,  but now as an older man,  he has learned the very character and care of that God for his soul. 

         God created this world.  He created the moon and the stars. He has created every element and every possible use for these elements.  What is impossible to see apart from faith is that God who is all powerful loves you more than anyone on this earth. We bask and bathe in that closeness. 

But unfortunately,  we also at some point choose to sin.  That sin separates us from God.  That closeness that we have discovered,  which is so precious to us and so necessary for our daily strength is gone.  But God has provided us a way back into that close relationship.  He gives us the ability to confess our sin,  and then He is there to welcome us back and to reveal to us a love that is greater than all knowledge.

Ephesians 3:19  And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.