Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. (21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. (22) For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
We hear again the wise king admonish his son. He tells his child to bring his inclinations towards his paternal counsel. This man tells his son to never let his fatherly advice out of his vision; to seal them in his heart; that in them, the boy will find both life and health.
Sad to say, the wise words of King Solomon were exemplified with his behavior only for a while. In his old age, this King let go of the Words of God and dabbled in the occult. The son who heard these words became a king who made unwise decisions and under whom the kingdom was divided.
If anything can change the course of history; if anything can move the heart of God towards His children; if anything can turn the evil tide that quickly drowns this generation; it is the desperate cry of upright fathers. When Moses cried to God for mercy as a father would cry for his children, God stayed his hand from destroying the Children of Israel.
May God give us fathers.
May God give us fathers whose words reflect the pattern of fatherhood given to us by the greatest Father of all.
Mayt God give us fathers whose Words match the actions.
May God give us fathers who can safely tell their children to emulate them because they themselves own the Words of life in their hearts.
May God give us fathers who fight in prayer and deeds for their children against the wolves of worldliness, laziness, mediocrity, selfishness and godlessness.
May God give us fathers who do what is right, unafraid to buck the tide of common opinion.
May God give us fathers whose life is hidden in the care of their little ones; who prepare with care the next generation.
May God give us fathers who in spite of their own selves, do their best to point their children in the direction of the Eternal father of all humanity.
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