Our Father in Heaven

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. (Mat 23:9)

A father is one who begets or one who brings into being. Jesus is not denying natural fatherhood, He is teaching us not to look to man but God as the eternal Father. David cried to the LORD in the depths of his troubles and sorrow because of the relationship he had with his God. Our decreasing call for man’s help increases with our love for the Father. Our increasing spirituality is with the decrease of the love for the world.

Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. (Dan 6:11)

Our human tendency is to petition man whose help is finite; He wants us to remember His infinite love and everlasting mercy. It may cost us to trust our Father as it did Daniel.