FATHERS, TAKE YOUR RIGHTFUL PLACE

Bible Texts: Gen.1:26-28, Gen.2:14-18, Gen.4:1, 1Kgs.1:5-6, Eph.6:4, Pro.29:15, Pro.13:24, Deut.6:7-10, 1Sam.8:1-7, 1Sam.3:12-13, Pro.19:18, Pro.23:13-14

Few days ago, I was meditating on the influence of the father and how significant his roles and responsibilities are. I came to realize, on a personal level, how God by His Spirit, has helped me to provide guidance and leadership to my children and how it has positively impacted their lives. I realized that all things flow from the father and if he can take his rightful place in the lives of his children, he becomes an agent of trans-generational blessings.

About that time David’s son Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, began boasting, I will make myself king. So, he provided himself with chariots and charioteers and recruited fifty men to run in front of him. Now his father, king David, had never disciplined him at any time, even by asking…(1Kg.1:5-6) NLT

The bible passage in 1^st Kings Chapter 1 verses 5 through 6 teaches us about the failure of the husbandman in fulfilling his role as the father and the consequences of such irresponsibility.

Adonijah, the son of David was a child left to himself. He had no boundaries and His father, David did not discipline him when he did what was wrong. David, his father overindulged him The Scripture says, “his father, king David HAD NEVER disciplined him at any time (1Kgs.1:6). And because he was not disciplined, he grew to become a rebellious child who organized chariots and charioteers to forcefully take over the throne of his father. However, he did not succeed and he died ingloriously and shamefully.

As the good and godly husbandman, you must be very careful not to be carried away by the modern style of fatherhood we see today, where the child cannot be disciplined or corrected. It has become so sad that fathers are afraid to confront their children when they become unruly and cross the line. And sadly many have ended up in shame and embarrassment. It is important for you to understand that the word of God, though old, is valid for today’s needs (Mal.3:6).

A child that is left to himself shall bring shame (Pro.29:15)

You do not love your child when you indulge him or her. You are destroying his or her destinies. And the ultimate victim is you. You may not be hard physically on your children, but you must be firm. You must draw the lines that they must never cross. And when they do cross the line, you must confront them in love, not minding the look on their faces (Pro.23:13-14). When you discipline your children in love, they will not die but become good and godly vessels.

God has given you children as gifts (Ps.127:3). You must nurture them in the way and admonition of the Lord as commanded by God (Deut.6:7-9, 1Tim.3:3-6, Eph.6:4). It is not transferrable. It is not negotiable. Being the good and godly father to your children is God’s perfect will for you. Make your life as a father count graciously in the lives of your child (ren).

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to be bold to confront my children when they are wrong.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, grant me wisdom and help me to nurture my children in Your ways.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, put the spirit of the fear of God into the hearts of my children and help them to walk in Your ways.

FAITH CONFESSION

I receive power and wisdom to train my children in the way of the Lord Jesus because that is the responsibility I have towards them as the good and godly husbandman in Jesus Name. Amen.

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