Glory
to God; as we are flying higher on the wings of faith. Knowledge and understanding
of God’s word and concept is at the root of effective and living faith.
Message
today takes us deep to the subject of effective fatherhood. I pray for you today that you will see and
experience God’s wonders. In Jesus Name!
The
word ‘Father’ in the scriptures is translated from the word ‘Abba’; which Jesus in His days calls
the Almighty. Abba simply means; Provider, sustainer, protector … the list is
endless! Another name of God that gives us a great insight into the meaning of
that word is El-Shaddai. This means
the God who has a big chest, big enough
where unto all creation can come upon to rest and draw comfort if they
so will. It is amazing that the father in heaven places man on the earth to
Abba his creation on his behalf. Read(Gen1:26).
He
didn’t give women that divine privilege. So fatherhood is a divine privilege
which when fulfilled guaranteed some peculiar blessedness. Fatherhood is a
divine responsibility and it is leadership rather than being a state a man gets
into wherein he brings forth offspring. It’s more than that! This is manhood
and fatherhood defined in terms of
destiny which I think should be our primary understanding as we look at
the subject of fatherhood and to all women
who desire to have a meaningful relationship with a man, this
understanding is crucial to provoke your man to be the Abba that God has
ordained him to be.
The Fatherhood
Spirit
You
will agree with me that God is who He is because of the spirit at work in Him.
No man can be an effective Abba to those that God has placed under him without
the operations of this Spirit. The concept of spirit here can be seen in terms
of the ruling force that controls the spirit and soul of a man, dictating his
thinking and actions. What is this fatherhood spirit? It is simply and foremost
The
Spirit of Commitment. Commitment to what?
COMMITMENT TO
GOD
Read:
Prov. 13:22.
So part of the
inheritance which a good man leaves for his children is the wealth of sinners
which God gives to him. Every man has a divine inheritance from God, but how
would a man receive that inheritance when he has no Abba to El-Shaddai him?
Without the true Abba in your life, life will be a hell of struggles and those
joined to you will be hard hit by the struggle. Haven’t you heard that a man
can receive nothing expect it be given him (by the father) from above ….(Jn3:27). Those who are genuinely connected to God via commitment will
experience the Fatherhood of the El-Shaddai, and in turn they’re in a position
to Abba others. One of our sisters shared a testimony in the church quite some
month ago, she and her family were hit by the 2007/08 political crisis.
Hitherto, they have not been going to church but the husband was always sending
tithe to church which she complained about. She felt that the money could be
put to better use. But the man insisted saying; “We definitely need God!” That is fatherhood, that’s leadership!
The crisis came and God sent help to them through a man whom thy have no deep
relationship with.
He airfield the
entire family from the crisis zone to Mombasa. He gave the husband a good job
and an apartment far better than the one they were occupying. God made the
crisis work for their lifting rather than allow them to wallow in the refugee
camp. Now they are settled in church enjoying the goodness of God. Sir, when
the winds blow against the boat you are captaining, without God where would you
get the authority to rebuke them from? Will you start running helter skelter
with your wife and children? Then that’s the real trouble! In MK. 4:37, the
winds were blowing vehemently against the boat in which Jesus and the disciples
were riding. They woke him up with a shout; Master carest not thou that we
perish (verse 38). He simply stood
up and rebuked the wind and there was a calm (verse 39). No wonder, they
all followed him. He even El-Shaddai men like himself! You know why, He is
spiritually committed and connected to the father. So, the all ability of
El-Shaddai flowed through him. God fathers every one under Him, through Him and
all was well. The days are gone when men take pride in their commitment to beer
and womanizing. That’s old syllabus, those are outdated men! No one wants such
a father. True men are God’s men through Jesus Christ. They are men of authority.
I pray that the God of heavens will open your eyes to understand. I pray that
the God of heaven will put his spirit within you and raise you to such
fatherhood heights in the name of Jesus!
COMMITMENT
TO YOUR FAMILY
Your family here
signifies your wife foremost, and the offspring that came out of you, as God
will give you the privilege in destiny, because after work (the tilling the
garden), the next thing God gave a man to look after is the woman (Gen 2:22)
The scriptures clearly reveal that the man is the head of the wife (Eph 5:23) and by implication, he is
the head of the family. From Ps. 133
reading from verse 1, you find out that
God releases the oil (Grace, empowerment, blessing and all it has to take to
effectively to take care of the family in the boat to make them fulfill their
destiny) on the connected and committed head. And from the head, the whole body
(the family) partakes of the blessing. It is such a family that God releases
His blessing (verse 3). I choose not to be a rotten head that can’t bring down
God’s blessing over my family. Even when a man is connected and won’t transmit
the blessings down because he has disconnected himself from his body (his family),
don’t you know that God will shut off the tap of heavens. That’s why some men
are dry, and they don’t know the reason. God is ever ready to floe to you as
long as you will flow to your family. Read
1 Tim 5:8. Infield means someone
who does not believe in God. It means an untrustworthy person. Please don’t be an
untrustworthy person. Please don’t be an unworthy person in God’s sight. Your
family needs the Grace of God meant to flow through you. I pray that as you
choose to live in absolute commitment, the flow will begin from now henceforth.
IT
IS THE SPIRIT OF HONOR
Honor defined in
terms of an honorable life means living with the sense of purpose of destiny
and thereby having glorious results to show for life in all areas. Fatherhood
is all about honor but fulfilling the responsibility in the grace of God is
what brings that honor. Read Ps. 49:20.
In this verse Perish means to become dumb or silent where your voice should be
a voice of authority. It means to be down when others are being lifted up by
the hands of God. All fathers are meant to be men of honor. Drunkards,
womanizers and prodigal fathers can’t have honor, not even from their wives and
children. No they’re not honorable they’re burdensome. Arise man, connect to
God, take your place in honor and God will release his honor over your life.
Yes, there may be some forces limiting you but you don’t need to remain in
frustration. I pray for you today that those negative forces frustrating your life, driving you
to irresponsibility and to be a prodigal father, lose their grip over your
life. Arise, take steps and come into honor and your wife and children shall
call you blessed, in Jesus name.
