🛟 A Father's Dive

The Father’s Dive

When your child is in trouble, you don’t really think, do you? You just jump in. You don’t pause to calculate the risk of crashing waves or raging fire but you move to rescue.

I was reminded of this when I saw a short snippet of Moana’s father. She’s underwater, not surfacing, and without hesitation he dives in after her. No second thought, no plan B, just a father’s love in action.

It got me thinking… isn’t that a glimpse of what God did for us?

Only His dive wasn’t into the ocean. It was into a world of wolves, sin, betrayal, and suffering. He didn’t hesitate, but He also didn’t act rashly. Unlike Moana’s father, whose jump was an instantaneous reaction, the Father’s decision was eternal and deliberate. From the very beginning, God knew He would send His only Begotten Son. It wasn’t a plan B. It was always the plan.

And yet here’s the difference that really stirs my heart: you and I, as parents, sometimes get tired. After years of the same battles of tantrums, teenage struggles, adult wounds we get frustrated. Sometimes we even feel like giving up.

But not God.

He is patient. He is kind. He does not give up when we push back against Him. Even when we crucified His Son, His response was forgiveness: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” -- Luke 23:34

That’s the Father’s heart. The heart that dives in; not blindly, not recklessly, but with steadfast, deliberate love.

So maybe the next time we feel like throwing up our hands with our kids, or even with ourselves, we can remember: God never gave up on us. He still hasn’t. And if His Spirit lives in us, then His patience, His perseverance, can live through us too.