My Father is A Husbandman

In John 15 God the Father is revealed as the husbandman who is related to a husbandry, a plantation. This is indicated by the Lord’s words in verse 1: “My Father is the husbandman.” A husbandman is the source, the originator, the founder, and the planter of a husbandry. As such, he engages in an enterprise/initiative. The universe is the enterprise of the Father. The Father has a divine plan, an eternal purpose, and He wants to fulfill the intention behind His purpose. This is what is meant by the Father’s being the husbandman. He is the husbandman of the vineyard who plans to carry out a certain purpose. He is the source, the founder, and the first one to accomplish certain things according to His mind and purpose.