Enjoying the Journey

When I was about five years old, I fell asleep in the back of our family station wagon on one of our long trips to our cabin in the Santa Cruz Mountains. With a family of six, my dad and mom sat up front, my oldest sister and brother were in the middle seats, and my other sister and I (the two youngest) were able to lie down flat in the cargo area in the back (long before current seat-belt laws!). 

I distinctly remember two things.

My first remembrance is of the deep hum of the car as I lay my head down on the pillow that lulled me to sleep. The second is the complete absence of any worry, because my Dad was driving. I didn’t need to know where we were in the journey, if there was enough gas in the car, or any other concerns. I knew my dad would take all of us to the place we were so look- ing forward to going. I didn’t have a care in the world as I was nodding off, because I knew that when I awoke, I’d be safely at the cabin to experience lots of fun times together as a family.

Enjoying the Journey

God, our Father in heaven, is a genuine family man. He loves to take His children places, and He has fun doing it. And one thing I have come to believe with all my heart is that He knows how to get us there safely! Ultimately, we’re going to be with Him forever in the most fun place imaginable.

In this life, when we’re tempted to fear the journey, all God’s asking us to do is lay our heads down, listen to the deep hum of His heart beating, and know with childlike trust that He will take us safely to the next destination.

Yes, there will be bumps in the road and difficulties at times, but we have an amazing Daddy who loves us more dearly than the most loving earthly father who ever existed.

He is the One who says to us:
“I will let them sleep secure.” (Hosea 2:20 NJB)

He is the One who is driving us to one destination point after another until we reach our final destination with Him forever.

"Your God continued to support you, as a man supports his son, all along the road you followed until you arrived here ... going ahead of you on the journey to find you a camping ground, by night in the fire to light your path, and in the cloud by day." (Deuteronomy 1:31, 33 NJB)

And He is the One who knows how to get us there safely.
To him who can keep you from falling and bring you safe to his glorious presence, innocent and joyful ... ( Jude 24 NJB) 


Where do you need an upgrade in your understanding of God's ability and desire to take care of you and to get you where He wants you to be?  Ask Him for it! He's a good, good Father!

This blog is taken from Chapter 5 of my book, "Daddy, You Love Me." Chapter 5 is entitled, "A Father Who is Committed to your Success." 

Blessings on your Journey!

Brent Lokker

You Are Mine!

You Are Mine!

I have two amazing sons, Derek and Aaron, who are now handsome young men. When each of them was born, I had the absolute thrill of a life- time, holding them just seconds after they entered this world. Cradling each son when he was born, my emotions burst forth and I wept tears of wonder and awe. I couldn’t help it! It was a miracle beyond words.

The sheer joy of tenderly securing each of my tiny, beautiful sons in my trembling hands was extremely moving. I felt so much love for my sons and I took great pleasure in them too. They were absolutely perfect! And here is a stunning truth: my sons couldn’t do a single thing for me to make me love them. No, I loved them with an extreme passion and I was wildly pleased with them for one reason alone: they were mine! My intense feelings of massive delight for them gripped me to the core of my being as I thought, How can I already love you this much?

These feelings of love and pleasure are the very same ones that your heavenly Father has for you every second of every day. His tender sentiments for you never change. You are that tiny, helpless baby in the outstretched hands of your heavenly Papa all the time. The stunning truth is that you can’t do a single thing to make Him love you. He already does.

God loves you, not for what you do or don’t do for Him, but because you are His. Period. He is positively thrilled with you!

He gazes upon you in total amazement and says, “My precious child, you have no idea what you do to Me. You are Mine. You’re beautiful and you’re everything I always wanted. When I made you, you were My dream fulfilled!”

Here is the truth of Papa’s heart found in the Bible:

You must see what great love the Father has lavished on us by letting us be called God’s children—which is what we are! (1 John 3:1 NJB)

[God] gives us the power to live, to move, and to be who we are. “We are His children,” just as some of your poets have said. (Acts 17:28 CEV)

This is exceptionally good news! You are not like a child of God. This is not just a nice analogy to make you feel better. You are God’s child. You are His actual son or daughter, created by Him in His image. Papa God has chosen you to be His very own, and with that come all of the rights of being in His family.

Paul explained God’s outrageous love and affection for us this way:

How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. (Ephesians 1:3–6 MSG)

Who is this extravagant Father? Who could possibly love you with that kind of passion? You were never an afterthought to God. You’ve always been on the heart and mind of your Father, who had plans for you to be here on the earth at this time and place in history before He even created the world. Just how important and special are you to God, whose creation of the world is secondary to His creation of you? He created you with the full intent to take you to “the high places of blessing” in Him and to saturate and soak you in His love and grace for all eternity.

His mind is made up about you. He has already settled on you as the focus of His love. He made this decision before you were born, before you had the choice to be loved in this way. So you’d better just get used to it—the sooner the better! 

Go to a quiet place and ask Papa God this question and allow your spirit to receive the affirming responses.  "Father, just how much do you love me as your child?"


This is an excerpt from chapter 1 of Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of your Heavenly Father. To go deeper in the revelation of the Father's love for you, receive His Father's Blessing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm5XNDt02aQ&feature=youtu.be


Declaring joy for you in the journey!

Brent Lokker

The Father's Treasure

My child, I am your Father and you belong to Me. Let Me draw you in and love you.
Please don’t pull back from My total acceptance of you. My love is the greatest force in the cosmos
and it’s fully fixed upon YOU as My heart’s true desire!

"Tell me again, Daddy!” I heard these words from my two boys when they were toddlers just after I had finished reading a story that had ushered them into a world of wonder and adventure. Our heavenly Father loves to do the same for us, and like wide-eyed little children, each of us exclaims, “Tell me again, Daddy!”

And He is all too happy to oblige. Listen to a story from His heart: The Father’s Treasure...

Once upon a time there was a Treasure that was too marvelous, too extravagant, too perfect for any earthly words to describe. Although there were treasure-hunters around the world, they were looking for earthly riches and seemed to pass right over the greatest, most costly Treasure of them all. But the Treasure never escaped My gaze. As the King and Ruler of my kingdom, I had to have it at any cost. One day, I sent My son, the Valiant Knight in Shining Armor, to seek after the Treasure and bring it back to Me. We both saw the immense worth of the Treasure and we’d both heard this living Treasure calling out to be found. With a look of intense determination and bravery, the Knight vowed to Me, “I will bring you the Treasure, My Father and King. I must bring you the Treasure!”

In no time at all, the Valiant Knight found the Treasure, but not without peril. For an Evil Rogue was brooding nearby, with the intent of stealing the Treasure for himself for all time to come. With one terrified glance at the Knight, the Rogue saw that his powers were no match for the supreme might of the Valiant Warrior, so he ruthlessly unsheathed his sword, turned toward the Treasure, and hissed, “If I can’t have you, then no one can.”

As the rage-driven sword lunged perilously toward the Treasure, the Knight leaped in and intercepted the sword right in the center of His heart. Breathing His last breath, He exclaimed, “I did it for love!” Then He crumpled lifeless to the ground.

The Dark Rogue screamed in false victory, “You fool! With your death, now and forever the Treasure is all mine!”

But suddenly and without warning, a brilliant, luminescent light flooded the Knight from within. He arched his back and sprang up from the ground to His feet with superhuman power. The sword that had pierced Him melted to nothing. With one blow of His mighty hand, the Knight smashed the Rogue to the ground and shackled him eternally in chains. Looking over the defeated, helpless villain, the Knight exclaimed, “This Treasure is Mine and you will never, ever steal it from Me again!”

With that, the Valiant Knight in Shining Armor scooped up the Treasure and presented it to Me, the King, where it has always belonged.

The Treasure, you see, wasn’t a bag of gold or a priceless painting or even the world’s richest jewels. The Treasure is YOU, My child! You are more valuable to Me than anything and you are with Me forever, right where you belong. I have always wanted you and I will never let you go. And now I have knighted you and I have given you My eyes to see all of the Treasures that encircle the globe. You will see them as I see them, and you will tell them what a good and benevolent King I really am. And with the authority that I have given to you, you will bring them safely to Me, as befits a royal knight such as yourself.

Gazing into our heavenly Father’s eyes of adoration and love, and with our mouths agape in utter amazement, we are left speechless.

Actually, there is one more phrase that passes by our lips:
“Tell me again, Daddy!” 


This is an excerpt from chapter 1 of my book, Daddy, You Love Me.
Brent Lokker
www.brentlokkerministries.com