Nonetheless Jesus did say more, knowing that we are children with such limited understanding, and that few have the depth of faith of a Teresa.
We begin by addressing God as “Our Father”; not My Father. From the origin of humanity, God intended that we be a people – not a collection of individual persons (Genesis 2:18). God is the Father of the entire human race. “When we cry, Abba, Father, it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God (Rom. 8:15).” He means us to know him intimately. What could be more intimate than calling him Father, or more accurately, Daddy, for that is what the Hebrew word Abba means. “And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba, Father’ (Gal. 4:6).” And so we dare to cry out to him as a little child, Daddy!
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