Too often, fathers have abdicated their God-assigned roles in the family. We lament the loss of young people who have left the church. We try to woo them back when we need to win them to Christ. We don’t understand that we are losing our young people because we’ve lost their fathers. The powerful role that men are called by God to play in the lives of their families has been forgotten. Instead, we have allowed public education and universities to shape our children’s minds and the Internet, social media, music, and Hollywood to captivate their hearts. It is no longer just about saving America. We need to save our families. Men, we must show up and be the spiritual leaders of our homes. Our streets are filled with violence and unrest because we have departed the ancient pathways that lead to peace and rest. God still speaks to us today through the prophet Jeremiah who tells us that there is a place where rest can be found:Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.”Jeremiah 6:16
