What do we do with a God who shows Himself to be both Master and Father in a world of deep desire for freedom from mastery due to bad images of fathers?

God's self-existent and eternal view lends itself to a view to power, but God desires us to understand His power in the context of a deeper, more fleshy, relationship. He wants us to know that the one who commands your steps also wants to know you like the Father who taught, or should have taught, you how to throw a ball, ride a bike, and tucked you in each night.