If you were to write a letter to God, how would you address it? Does it start, “Dear Sir,” or “To whom it may concern,” or maybe “Hey God!”? Today’s passage unfolds a beautiful truth to ponder this advent season: We are invited to relate to God on the most intimate of family terms.
In your culture, what do small children call their dad? (Example: USA: “dada”, Spanish: “papa”, Chinese: “baba”)
What does it mean to you that you’re invited to relate to God as intimately as a small child would to his/her father?
In what ways do you slip back into relating to God as if you were His servant (“slave” in our text) and not His cherished child?
Try praying the answers to those questions back to God, your Abba, as a group or individually.
