Calling God, Father

Calling God, Father

When I pray I always address God as LORD. I consider myself a slave of the GOD so I call him Master. But I don't know, probably the Holy Spirit keeps on reminding me this Scripture:
Galatians 4:6
6Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."

And from this Scripture I realize I should call God, Father. I never had a father. My biological father died when I was still 4 years old. I never had a father image, my mom never remarried and I don't have a brother. So it's a bit odd for me to call anybody, father. So you could just imagine calling God, Daddy. Abba, by the way, is like Daddy in the time when God became Immanuel (God with us).

Having a nephew who calls you daddy makes the whole concept a bit easier for me to grasp.When my nephew calls me, "Daddy, daddy!!", my ears seems like it would grow bigger. Being called a dad somehow made me feel close to my nephew and somehow the call connected me and him. So I guess that's how it is, with God, He wants us to call Him Daddy and not just LORD/Master. Yes, we are slave to the LORD because He was bought us with His own life. Yes, He is our God because He created us. But most of all, through Jesus Christ, we are NOW His children. We are NOW called by the same last name as God's last name - Christ. So I am NOW Josiah Christ. Kidding! :-) I don't know what is God's last name but the Bible says we are NOW called by His name. And that call somehow will make an emotional and spiritual connection between us and God. I don't know any father who would want his kids to call him, master. How much more God. He can't allow His kids not to call Him, Dad. It is part of our birthright as His kids to have the honor to call, God (the creator of the universe) - Daddy. :-)