Fathers; Please Take Your Place!

“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.” Ephesians 5:23

Today is “Fathers Day” and whether you celebrate the day or not I would like to take a few minutes of your time to remind all fathers everywhere of our great responsibility as fathers. We have a major problem in today’s society with our children and it all starts at home with the parents and mostly with the father of the family because he is responsible for the family. A father has many responsibilities at the home, he is to make the money, he is to love his wife as Christ loves the churches, he is to tend to his children, and etc, etc, and etc. The problem we have today is fathers have fled their God give responsibilities to their families. They let their wives make the money, they let their wives tend to the children, or they let society tend to them, but whatever is happening outside of what God commanded is wrong and ungodly. Most children today either live with a divorced mother, or are an award to another person or the State. Men we must remember we are all going to answer to God for our downfalls in life and as husbands and fathers we are more responsible. To you fathers that are divorced let me say this; it is not another mans responsibility to raise and support your children, it is yours. How can a man be a father if they never support or visit their children? How can a man be a father if they fail to control their children? How can a man be a father if they are not responding to what God commanded? God said “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." 1 Timothy 5:8 “HE HATH DENIED THE FAITH”. Today on Fathers Day is a time of repentance; and a time to do what God hath commanded, are you a father and do you deserve to be praised by you wife and children on Fathers Day?

God said “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.” 1 Corinthians 11:3 Is Jesus Christ your head fathers? If not then it is time to remedy that and make Him your head. Children are a glorious gift from God and it is up to us fathers and mothers both to make their lives consistent with Gods way of understanding. As children look to their fathers for help let us fathers look to Jesus Christ for help, God never said being a father would be easy, He just said do it and do it right. Maybe if more fathers would have been fathers instead of “their children’s best friend”, or totally absent from their children’s lives then maybe we would not have the mess we have today with children.

Happy Fathers Day!!