Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs
BUILDING MEN, Day 2
"THERE ARE MANY GROWN-UP BOYS YET VERY FEW YOUNG MEN!"
The upcoming generation has been pacified by a culture that has shouted louder than the church. It is time we raise not just our voices, but our lives. It’s time to take young men under our shoulders, to disciple, mentor, and encourage! We need to show them that going the extra mile in relationships is not just for the “overachiever” but for the Christian.
If we truly want our young men to impact the world around us, we must accurately hand-load the cartridge of their lives.
Rifle bullets make a great example! Bullets must be tightly fitted into a shell casing which is loaded full of explosive propellant and then chambered into an accurate barrel. When the firing pin strikes, the primer explodes which forcefully ignites the powder and squeezes the bullet through the barrels of twisted rifling. Out comes 3,500 foot-pounds of energy which spins it accurately, far beyond the speed of sound.
In the same way, fathers, you are the cartridge that will launch your young men far into the future! To have an accurate impact, it takes long range calculations, the correct windage adjustment, and lots of gun powder— all placed within a well-fitted, firearm chamber!
How can we do this?
THE WORD OF GOD IS THE GUN POWDER BEHIND OUR LIVES!
Unfortunately, many young men's life cartridge is powderless! The firearm chamber is you, fathers. If you stay well-oiled, you will accurately launch bullets (young men) that will end up shaping history for God's kingdom IMPACT!
The firing pin that ignites your sons’ lives, is God's voice! We must train our young men to respond towards God's fiery, life ignition! A tightly fitted life chambering only comes through healthy Dad-Son friendship! If a bullet doesn't fit in its chamber, everything becomes dangerously inaccurate!
Let's meticulously hand-load every grain of GOD'S WORD into the lives of those around us!
Blessings,
Zadok Johnson, Missionary and BSC Course Instructor
The BUILDING MEN DEVOTIONAL is a seven-part, biblical encouragement for fathers! Look forward to tomorrow's post!
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