So tomorrow is Father’s Day; and that got me thinking
about all the dads that I know. But, what is a father?
When thinking about this I thought about the movie The Game Plan. For those of you who do
not know, The Game Plan is a movie
about a star football player who just realizes that he has an eight year old
daughter. The rest of the movie focuses on their relationship. One quote from
that movie is “I would not underestimate the power of the father.”
So, what is the father’s power? The father does have a
lot of power, especially if we look at the Bible. But as one of my favorite
superheroes says: “with great power comes great responsibility.”
I’m going to bring up a verse that some people have
problems with Ephesians 5:22-33. This is the passage that talks about wives
submitting to their husbands. Most people read just the 22nd verse, but if you
do not look at the verse in context you miss out on so much more. Especially if
you read verse 25 which says “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved
the church and gave himself up for her.” So the husband has responsibility to
care for his wife and love her (which also means compromising, hint hint guys).
He will have to answer to God for what he has done, and what he told others to
do, throughout his life. He is in charge of the household but if he leads his
family down the wrong path he will have to answer to God for that.
Like I said fathers have a lot of responsibility that
comes with their power. They are held doubly accountable. They must answer to
their wives, family, bosses, and God. I do not know about you but that seems
intimidating to me. I know that fathers get a lot of hack, but usually they are
doing the best they can. So, obviously fathers are human. They are going to
fail at times. But, that is why we have a heavenly father. He will never fail
us and is there for all of us.
Happy Father’s Day to all you fathers out there. Hope you
have a great one.
Ephesians 6:4 and Hebrews 12:7
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