FATHERS DAYS IN GENESIS

I believe it is not an accident that we arrive at chapter 12 of Genesis the day after Father’s Day in the United States. Abraham was the father of many nations as promised by God, but I want to bring to light something rather remarkable about Abraham that many miss today. Abraham started his life off following his earthly father, but ultimately followed his Heavenly Father. His life is a monument to someone whose faith stood the test of time and kept focused on the Lord God. Was he perfect? Certainly not, but his faith was accounted to him as righteousness. What about fathers today? Is your life reflecting that of Abraham? We will never be perfect, but is our life a living testimony on how we should follow Christ? I certainly hope so. No matter how you came to wear the responsibility of a father figure your life needs to be dedicated to pointing those children no matter the age to their Heavenly Father.

Abraham was more than just a faithful representation, it is because of Him we have a blessing that is beyond measure. His blood line would bring Jesus Christ. For the Church, we are born again and are Christ’s, does this make us Jewish? Certainly not, but spiritually, this makes us apart of the lineage rooted back to Abraham. This is why Abraham is promised to be a father of many nations. Many will examine Abraham’s role in creating Israel or one of the other Middle East nations that we see today. However, I believe we fail at times to recognize his essential part in the Church’s ancestry.

As fathers, we need to be about the Lord’s work that He has called us to, and provide such a living testimony that others will reflect on our lives in the future to use us as an example of what and how they should be when it comes to following Jesus Christ.

Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing men out there, remember we have a Heavenly Father who is there to help us as we serve the children He has placed in our responsibility. I will end on this, a verse that has always come to my mind when talking about what a father should be like, 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14 Let all [that] you [do] be done with love.”

Hold until relieved, our Blessed Hope is coming,

JL