FATHERS-2

Text:Proverbs 17:6

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

*God expressly said that the glory of the children are their fathers, then when fathers are found wanting in their duties, the children's glory will be impaired.* 

God's design for every family is such that a man (male) should be at the helm of affairs in the home. As a father, you are standing as God's representative over your family unit. 

The main duty of every father is to protect the glory of the children in the home from the assaults and attacks of the enemy.

Another duty of the father is to raise children in God's image. But if the father himself has not been raised in God's image, he cannot raise another in God's image.

For instance, it was recorded in Genesis 5:1 that Adam was created in God's image and likeness, but in Genesis 5:3, it was recorded that Adam begat a son in his own likeness, after his image. 

Adam could not pass down the exact image and likeness he received from God to his children. He had lost it to sin. 

In the same way, as a father, you cannot give what you don't have to your children. A glorious man will raise glorious children. Our world today is in great need of glorious fathers. Two female parents are now raising children. Single women, without husbands,  now raise children through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and Surrogacy. 

While these biological discoveries and  developments are good on one side, they also come as subtle attack on Fatherhood. 

In years to come, many children from single women (without husbands) and woman-to-woman marriage shall be populating our world. You can't imagine the kind of challenges and trauma these kind of children will have to face.

It is certain that When fathers sleep off in their duties at the home front, the enemy robs the children of their God's given glory.

Bible Reading:

Psalms 127:3-5.

PRAYER FOCUS 

1.) Father, help every father to know what their duties are and to discharge them excellently.