Father Flight
Posted on November 9th, 2008 in Father | No Comments »
Press the arrow to listen to Michael W. Smith sing “A New Hallelujah” while reading today’s devotion on spiritual fathers.
Scripture
For even if you had ten thousand others to teach you about Christ, you have only one spiritual father. For I became your father in Christ Jesus when I preached the Good News to you. So I urge you to imitate me. 1 Corinthians 4:15-16
Observation
There is a flightiness in life today, a detachment and indifference that enables us to hold ideas at the distance of a remote control. When we don’t like what we hear we flip past to other channels. We can tailor what we hear to our playlist of favorite teachers, whether they sing to us or speak to us.
There is a need to be committed not just to truth but to the person who speaks it to us. We need to identify our spiritual father and be loyal to him and his message. We need to mature to the next level and become spiritual fathers to others so that truth can live 3D before their eyes.
Application
If ever I need to know what a man of God should do, I need only consider my own dad’s life. I need to be that father for others and I also need to be faithful to those who have so patterned life for me. I need to be a dad and I need to follow my spiritual dads.
There comes a point in manhood, where a man defines his own life. That is what fathers hope for their sons. And yet, there comes a maturity that even if a man gets it all together, he will not forget where he got it from.
Prayer
Father, save me from becoming disloyal to truth by being indifferent toward those who have lived it out for me. I think there is something in this loyalty to spiritual fathers that reaches beyond a person and really into you. You are the shadow behind every father, and in faithfulness to them I find faithfulness to you. Amen.
