Last Sunday we celebrated “Father’s Day. The day is set aside nationally to recognize fathers. Last week we talked about “saving the family.
” Because if anybody can save a family the father can. If anybody can pull the family back, establish the home and put it back in the place where it needs to be it is the father. If any man can change the community and society and make the world a better place to live I tell you, it is the father.
If anybody can build up confidence in his son or daughter by speaking a positive word to their children, the father can and nobody can tear down a child and kill their self-esteem by their negative words more than a father can. In his distinct role by God, the father is the leader, thus everybody in the family looks to the father including the mother. Even if the mother and father are not married.
Not taking anything away from the mother, for she is the glue that keeps the family together, but the father is to lead the family in the direction that the family is supposed to go because that’s what a leader does. The mother is the heart of the family but the father is the head of the family and his role is unique, it’s different! And, may I add that it is a God-appointed role. On Father’s Day this message was a call for volunteers; somebody, some father who is willing to stand in the gap; that will say “I will make a difference! I will be the man!” The family needs some help this morning.
If we are going to save the family it has .
