Sons

Men, be fathers to your sons.

Being involved in the spiritual development of our children as men, especially our sons, is our calling and our duty. God uses the position of father to guide, provide, protect, reprove, and instruct. But he also expects us to be more than friends to our sons. He demands that we be fathers.

Being good and God honoring fathers to our sons means being God honoring men, properly disciplining our sons when it is necessary (and it seems like it's all the time.) Men who are not afraid to stand up for the truth and fight for it, who will refuse to accept the modern feminization of our boys, and do so in a way that honors their mothers and doesn't demean them, God will bless. When He comes first in our lives, He blesses our faithfulness. This is His promise, and God never goes back on His word.

Living lives like men is the best example we can give to our sons. When we don't live out what we believe (by not continually examining ourselves by the Word of God,) we teach our sons that it's o.k. to yell, cuss, blow our stacks, and act ungodly. Or any number of other sinful behaviors we engage in, including dishonoring or belittling our wives and their mothers. God honoring and God fearing fathers produce God honoring and God fearing sons.

The Hard Truth? Do the hard things, don't be a slacker. Take the reigns. Walk the walk. Be men. Real men. Remember that the spiritual health of our sons, their very salvation (communicating the importance of Biblical truth and the gospel of Christ) is our most important responsibility, not their grades, their hobbies, or the achievements they make on the playing field. Such things are important, but they are not eternal.

May we all be fathers to our sons, and love and honor their mothers. Even if that means making mom a little nervous when the men get together once and a while to be men.