It is important for us as individuals to trust the Father to protect us, and we run to him like a frightened child. The idea of God as the Father of the nation goes back to the call of Moses. Then you shall say to Pharaoh . . . This is confirmed by the work of anthropologists who have discovered the idea of an original benign Father God in many primitive tribes. People may follow the witch doctors in fearing evil forces that must be appeased, but they dimly remember a loving Creator behind the scenes.
Little children run to their parents when they are afraid.
Later they discover they originated from their parents. When they themselves become parents they see how they are concerned to set up a secure environment for their children to grow and learn. Similarly great nations have a sense of divine origin and destiny. They call upon God when they are in danger. Like a human father, it was God who brought them into being.