Fathers, we have an unseen
influence over our children,
This influence ‘works’ whether
we are present with them or absent.
It is something special that to
us alone God has given.
It’s His delegated authority as
‘their Helmsman Parent.’
From the time they are
conceived, until the time from home they leave,
We’re assigned as their
Protector, spiritually speaking.
Whether it’s to their Mom,
others, or no woman we may cleave,
This responsibility is given
without our seeking.
Angels and demons alike must
respect OUR authority,
Even if we, ourselves, are
totally ignorant of it!
Over all our children we
exercise an autocracy.*
In the spiritual world, the
buck stops with us. Be sure of it!
That’s why devils and demons
work hard to get our attention.
They well know we are God’s
assigned ‘Strongman’ in all of our ‘house’.
If they can capture our
imagination and ambition,
Our authority over our children
they know they can douse!
In one of His parables, Jesus
gave an insightful word:
‘One can’t enter a strongman’s
house without first tying him up.
Then the strongman’s house can
be thoroughly ransacked and plundered!’**
Imagine recovering from such a
horrible smashup!
While Jesus referred to satan
in the context of His words,
The exact thing applies across
our physical world today.
But let’s think how it also
applies to other things we’ve heard:
‘Like father, like son’, ‘apples
falling close to trees’, as we say.
Fathers’ persistent words and
actions during children’s ‘home years’,
Give to angels and devils our ‘spiritual
nod and license’,
To influence our children based
on how ‘we set our own gears’.
In our children’s lives, OUR
spiritual lives will set the cadence.
Did this get your attention, as
your own life is in review?!
It sure got mine, so down on my
knees I went, and repented.
I asked God for His great Grace
and Mercy my life to imbue.
He said, in Christ, all my sins
and shortcomings are remitted!
Now this word I share with all
sons, fathers, and fathers-to-be,
For too long, by devilish
tricks and traps, all of us have been bound!
Please hear my plea, and let’s
open our eyes, spiritually.
WE determine whether our kids’
spirits will thrive... or be drowned.
As we embrace God’s assigned
role as Strongman/Child Protector,
And daily perceive into worlds
in which our kids cannot see,
He will daily grace us with the
strength, insight and character,
To become ‘all the Strongman we
should spiritually be’.
If you’re still Father, and
your kids’ at-home years have not yet passed,
Ask God for Grace that will
inspire and instruct future outcomes.
If they are just leaving, or
their at-home years have long since passed,
Ask for Mercy to enhance, retroactively, past outcomes.
Our Father assignments one day
will attract great scrutiny.
At Christ’s Judgment Bar,
consider carefully how might you be found,
When He says, ‘Now let’s review
your Father opportunity!
‘Were you the best Strongman
you could be, spiritually un-bound??’
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* Spiritual autocracy, that is. God installed fathers
as the spiritual head and protective covering over the family, and especially
over children.
** Matthew 12:29, Mark 3:27 and Luke 11:21-22,
paraphrased.
