A news report dated June 17, 2022 entitled, “American’s Crisis Is a Lack of Fathers” states, “Data from the US Census Bureau shows that nearly 18.5 million children grow up without their fathers, which has led to the US owning the title of the world’s leader in fatherlessness.” These numbers concern me as a pastor. I believe fathers are so important to the family.The Fatherhood of God is such a refreshing study that reminds us on His great love, provisions, protection, comfort, etc. As a matter of fact, the most refere...
A news report dated June 17, 2022 entitled, “American’s Crisis Is a Lack of Fathers” states, “Data from the US Census Bureau shows that nearly 18.5 million children grow up without their fathers, which has led to the US owning the title of the world’s leader in fatherlessness.” These numbers concern me as a pastor. I believe fathers are so important to the family.
The Fatherhood of God is such a refreshing study that reminds us on His great love, provisions, protection, comfort, etc. As a matter of fact, the most references in the Bible to our Heavenly Father are found in the Gospel of John where it is referred to 118 times. Perhaps this is why John gave more information on his father Zebedee than on any other disciple’s dad.
Psalm 127 offers us something similar to a fatherhood formula that I would like to review in light of Father’s Day approaching. The psalmist is identified as Solomon, the son of David, who followed his father in becoming the king of Israel. He wrote two psalms – Psalm 72 and Psalm 127. Out of all the themes that he could have written about in this psalm, he was led by the Spirit to write of family life. We read terms like “house” “womb” “children” and “man”.
By the way, the author wasn’t perfect in his family life. Perhaps that is why this psalm is a part of the “Pilgrim Psalms” (Psalms 120-134) that the men of Israel would sing with their families on their way to Jerusalem. It is not that we have arrived in parenting, we are on a journey and are moving in the right direction toward a focus upon the Lord.
The formula is as follows:
life - the Heavenly Father = vanity for anyone
children + an earthly father = value to the child and the father.
The Minus Side of the Fatherhood Principle, 127:1-2
· Working – the Father guiding = vanity, v. 1 (a
· Warring – the Father guiding = vanity, v. 1 (b
· Worrying – the Father giving = vanity, v. 2
The Plus Side of the Fatherhood Principle, 127:3-5
· Investing in our kids is valuable = they are our heritage, v. 3
· Investing in our kids is valuable = they are our helpers, v. 4
· Investing in our kids is valuable = they are our happiness, v. 5
· Investing in our kids is valuable = they are our honor, v. 5
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