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The Fatherhood Formula (Psalm 127)
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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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Growing in Grace Devotions and Inspirations
Hosted by Pastor Victor Morrison
First Baptist Church
1700 Milam Street
Columbus, TX, USA 78934
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Introduction to First Baptist Church
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Welcome to Growing in Grace with Pastor Victor Morrison. This is a ministry of First Baptist Church located at 1700 Milam Street, Columbus, Texas. We are praying that God will bless you as you listen to this message.
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Exploring the Fatherhood Formula from Psalm 127
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Welcome to Growing Grace. I have a two-part set here that I want to share. ah Today is going to be the fatherhood formula from Psalm 127.
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But then I have another message that i would like to give called the King's Mighty Men. And so I'll do that next time. But I just wanted you to know it's coming because Father's Day is coming.
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I get excited Father's Day. And so anyway, I count ah you know being able to have two daughters as one of the most tremendous blessings in my life.
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And so anyway, I'm just so, so grateful. And I want to encourage men in their ah connections with their family. And I feel that Psalm 127 is really a good ah good connector.
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It's a good bridge that'll take you right into your family's heart.
The Significance of Fathers and Author of Psalm 127
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So look forward to sharing this with you. Do you know that a news report dated June 17th? 2022, and it was entitled, to Americans' ah Crisis is a Lack of Fathers.
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And here's what it says. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that nearly 18.5 million children grow up without their fathers, which has led to the U.S. owning the title of the world's leader in fatherlessness, right?
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Wow. You know, as a pastor, those numbers concern me. I believe that fathers are so important to the family. As a matter of fact, if you just look at God, He's described as a heavenly Father, and the fatherhood of God is such a refreshing study.
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If you've never taken time to do it, maybe this Father's Day could be a good devotional track for any of you men. But it just reminds us of His great love, the way He provides, His protection, His comfort.
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As a matter of fact, did you know that the most references in the Bible to our Heavenly Father are found in the Gospel of John? where it is referred to 118 times.
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Perhaps this is why only John gave us more information on his dad, Zebedee, than on any other disciple's dad. Maybe he had a close relationship with his dad.
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You know, Psalm 127 offers us something similar to a fatherhood formula that I would like to review in light of Father's Day coming up.
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The psalmist is identified as Solomon, the son of David who followed his father in becoming the king of Israel. Do you know that Solomon wrote two Psalms?
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These weren't all written by David, if you never have learned that before. No, Psalm 72 and Psalm 127 that we're going to look at, ah these both are written by Solomon.
Understanding the Fatherhood Principle
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So out of all the themes that Solomon could have written about in this psalm, he was led by the Spirit to write a family life. I mean, we'll read terms like house, womb, children, and even the term man. And I call this psalm a man's psalm.
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By the way, the author wasn't a perfect man. He wasn't perfect in his family life. you ever study Solomon's life, you'll discover that. Perhaps that's why, though, this psalm is a part of a ah collection of psalms from Psalm 120 to Psalm 134.
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It's referred to as the Pilgrim's Psalms. And it was sang by the men of Israel and their families on their way to Jerusalem to worship. You see, it's not that any of us have arrived in our parenting.
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We're all on like a journey, right? But hopefully we're moving in the right direction toward a focus upon the Lord. And that's what I feel this Psalm does. It gives us this formula.
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Let me share it with you. The formula is as follows. It says, life minus the heavenly father equals vanity for anyone.
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But children plus an earthly father equals value to the child and value to the dad. So I want us to look at that in depth. Let me read through the song first, and then we'll look at it together.
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Unless the Lord builds the house... Those who build it labor in
Challenges and Dependency in Fatherhood
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vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
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It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil, for he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward, like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.
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Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them. He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. So let's look at this passage and think about this simple formula.
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Why we begin on the minus side of the fatherhood principle that's looked at here in verses one and two. When I look at this, I begin with that word vain.
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Vain. You know, um three times it mentions that word vain, about how it's vain to build, if you labor in vain, who build it, talking about unless the Lord's building the house.
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But on and on again, we see that word used, vanity. So let's look at that and see what would make fatherhood and parenting and raising kids so uphill.
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Well, let's look at three different terms that I feel are ah hinted at in this these two verses. The first one it would be working. Do you know that working minus the Father guiding is vanity? Yes.
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You see, Solomon built several different buildings and structures ah during his days. Too bad that his son, Rehoboam, destroyed those structures. But if you think about it, even the Lord Jesus Christ, when he was growing up and when he was becoming a young man, you know that he was a carpenter?
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So why don't you just ask Jesus, Lord, I'm having trouble here knowing how to craft and build a family. So ask him to help you. You know, Matthew 7, 24 to 27, Jesus actually compared ah foundations that people could build upon. One was sand and one was rock.
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But the idea there is you have two different builders. And so Jesus knew all about what would be necessary when it comes to building a strong and a stable family, a strong and a stable home.
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So we have to be careful when it comes to the foundation. That's found again in 1 Corinthians 3, verses 11 through 17. But let's not just focus on working minus the Father guiding.
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Let's all talk also talk about warring minus the Father guarding. That also is vanity. You know, that's what he says. You know, unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
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And so, you know, spiritual warfare is real. You know, God is for you. God is for your family. But I'm telling you, there is a spiritual enemy, the devil, and he's against you.
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He hates your family. He hates your marriage. He hates you being the dad that should be involved with your children's lives. But you know, you can go to God's Word and look in passages, like let's say some of those mentioned in Nehemiah.
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For example, in Nehemiah 4, verses 17 through 18. And you know what it shows us? It shows us men that are building, but it also shows us a picture of men who are simultaneously building and battling.
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They're doing both. You know, if you think about it, Samson lost, he lost a battle. Joshua lost a battle at a You know, sometimes life can be tough.
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For example, did you know that President Teddy Roosevelt, he lost his wife and he lost his mother almost back to back, like within a very short amount of time.
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I think he lost his wife first to a kidney failure and then lost his mother the next day. But what happened was it left him to raise his daughter, Alice, by himself.
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And so one day he made a comment out of just his his own struggle to know how in the world can I get my job done and also raise my daughter.
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And here's what he said. He said, "'I can be president of the United States or I can control Alice.'" I cannot possibly do both. Do you hear the voice of a dad that's struggling right there?
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Maybe that's your struggle. Maybe you don't realize it, but there are spiritual forces that are trying to work against you, getting close to your son, working against you, getting close to your daughter.
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So all I'm saying is what you need is the Heavenly Father to help you out there. So don't try to do the battle without Him. Why don't you allow the Lord into your life so that He'll be fighting for you?
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The other thing I noticed is worrying. You know, worrying minus the Father giving, that's also vanity. He says in verse two, it's vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows, for he gives his beloved sleep.
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Does anything ever rob you of your sleep? Sometimes worry can. You know, I think that's why Jesus Christ, he discipled 12 men, okay, 12 men.
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And one of the topics that he dealt with with his men in Matthew chapter six was worry. You know, those of us who are men, we like to fix things, but sometimes we can't fix all the different problems that are out there in life.
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And so if we're not careful, we could kind of internalize all of that struggle and those problems, and we can begin to feel discouraged. We can begin to actually feel agitated or frustrated that we're even going through this.
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No wonder Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes. He mentioned in there how he had tried all these building projects and tried to do so many different things. But do you know, 38 times, 38 is a large number, right?
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For 12 chapters in a book. But he he mentioned vanity. 38 times in Ecclesiastes. See, life can be in vain.
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Life can be frustrating. It can be depressing depressing and discouraging if we don't learn to take those problems and those anxieties to our heavenly Father.
The Value and Investment in Children
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That's why we're invited to go to God in Philippians 4, 6, and 7, where the Lord actually tells us, be anxious for nothing. But in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.
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And the peace of God will guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. You see, God wants to give, but you know what wants to take from you? Worry.
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That's right. Anxiety is a taker. It's not a giver. You know, it's exacting if you think about it. Worry can also not only be exacting, it can be excruciating.
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And above all, I think that worry is just so exhausting, to just put it plain and honest. Well, that's enough of the minus side of the fatherhood principle, but why don't we look at the plus side, the plus side of the fatherhood principle?
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You know, dads can make a big difference. I think our Heavenly Father can make a big difference. Perhaps you've heard this before, but I know that... When John Adams was the president, I think he was our second president, he decided one day he was going to take a break from being ah in charge of the country.
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And so he took his son, John Quincy Adams, fishing. And so later, John Adams, the president, wrote in his journal, took my son fishing today. It was a totally wasted day.
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I accomplished nothing. But what's interesting is when you read John Quincy Adams' journal, he had a different journal entry that day.
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John Quincy Adams said of the time he spent with his dad fishing, this was one of the best days of my whole life. I got to spend the whole day with my dad.
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Wouldn't that be great to be able to spend the whole day with a son or a daughter to let them know that they're just as important as anything else going on in your life?
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Well, I think what it does, it tells the son, it tells the daughter, it tells you. the value, the true value of your children.
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So let's look at some of those things that are mentioned in verses 3, 4, and 5 together, and then we'll wrap it up ah for today. You know, there are five reasons why ah believe that investing time in our kids is so valuable.
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it's It's beyond you know the price of money or those kind of things. One reason is because children are our heritage.
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That's what he says in verse three. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward. You know, it's like we're going to leave something behind on this earth.
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And I think that children, leaving that as a legacy, leaving your children and what they embody in their mind, their heart, their value system and so forth, I think that's ah that's a priceless treasure. That's a priceless gift.
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to leave to the to the world behind, to leave to grandkids and so forth. And so just think about how accurate Solomon was when he reflected upon his life. and And you know Solomon, right? All the wealth that he had, out of all the things that he had, he says, you know what? Children are a heritage from the Lord.
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The fruit of the womb is a reward. Man, that's the way to look at And I thought, you know, he's saying the treasure, the gift, the heritage, the reward, it all comes from God.
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Those children that God has entrusted to you, they are priceless and precious gifts. Well, let's move to a second reason why investing time with our kids is is so valuable.
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I believe also because children are not only our heritage, they're also our helpers. Let me read verse four again. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.
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Like arrows in the hand of a warrior. You know, I think that arrows provide assistance. An archer provides the aim and the arm of the archer provides the acceleration that's needed.
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But just think about those arrows and how those arrows are going to go in a direction that you point them and they're going to go where you can't go. You know, you're you're standing in one location when you shoot that arrow and you release it into the air.
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And just think how it goes ahead of you. And I think that our children, they're going to be like our representatives, representatives for our faith, representative for those things that we value, for our morals and so forth.
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And so why not spend time with them? to make sure that all of those little arrows that are going to come from your life, that they're sharp and they're going to be straight and move in the right direction.
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Why don't you help them to accelerate through their lives by helping them to know what you've learned in your life? I think that's why parents have a great, ah just a great opportunity to invest education and to invest so many things in their kids that that are going to help their kids to advance in life.
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You can accelerate them. You can help them save time that they would have wasted just kind of spinning their wheels. Well, there's no doubt that children are our heritage, that we're going to leave behind a legacy we will leave behind, a treasure and gift we'll leave behind.
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But also I think that children are our helpers and they're going to go places where we can't go and accomplish what we can't do. You know, I used to shoot the bow in Era when I was in ah Alberta and sometimes we would go hunting.
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And I'm telling you, it would have saved me a lot of steps if if one of those times I could have brought down the deer that I wanted to ah with my bow and arrow. I was able to do that with my rifle, but I never could do it with a bow and arrow.
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But anyway, here's the thing. Those children are going to be able to bring down some of those things you would like to have accomplished because they're your helpers. You know, i think another thing that's pretty much true, no matter where you are, I know there could be some exceptions here, but I think that also children are our happiness.
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You know, verse five says, happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. So having a full quiver of all those little arrows, those children that are so precious, you know, i think that is why they're so valuable.
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I don't know if this is true or not. I pray it's not true. But someone said that grandkids, grandkids are God's reward for not killing your own kids.
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I know there's times that you can get so frustrated. And I've been there too, you know, when our kids are growing up. But let me tell you, kids are actually a source of great delight.
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I love the way that in Psalm 139, it's like David makes such an incredible transition from talking about dark and depressing things.
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In Psalm 139, verse 11 and 12, he says, If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be
Joy in Children's Growth and Honor
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dark. Even the darkness is not dark to you.
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The night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. So he's trying to look on the bright side, right? But he's saying, sometimes I walk through dark places and I have dark days.
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But then he goes right from that into these words in verse 13, And 14, for you form my inward parts you knitted me together in my mother's womb i praise you fearfully and wonderfully made wonderful are your works my soul knows it very well my frame was not hidden from you when i was being made in secret intrically woven in the depths of the earth men You know, it's just amazing how if we'll just get into God's Word, He will readjust our value system and readjust our lenses that we look at life through.
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And we'll begin to say, wait a minute, maybe life's not so bad. You'll go home and that little one will jump up in your lap or you'll go maybe out of town and go and visit your son or your daughter and you'll realize you know what, life's not ah not so bad because I got to see what you're doing, God, in my son or my daughter's life. Wow.
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You know, there are choices that can intensify our joy. And certainly I like 3 John 4 where he says, I have no greater joy than that my children are walking in truth.
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I love that. You know, there's something great about seeing your kids trying their best to to live for the Lord. That is just out there. It can bring you great joy.
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So definitely children are part of our happiness. We shouldn't totally hook our caboose there. We should say, okay, I'm going to hook on to them. But in the end, really,
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Jesus, you're the engine. Holy Spirit, you're the source of my joy, not my kids. It's not fair for me to put my my joy ah hooked up to their lives.
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And so I'm not saying fully, but all I'm saying is a byproduct of them enjoying the Lord. It blesses you and makes you really happy, doesn't it? Well, definitely children are heritage.
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Children are our helpers. Children are our happiness. But I would say lastly, verse five, children can bring honor. Children can bring honor to us.
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How many graduations have you ever been to where the where the parents, or even grandparents for that matter, but where the parents were not happy for the kids?
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No, you know what I've seen at graduations? Those parents, the mom, the dad, the grandfather, grandmother, they're just so proud. They're so proud when they see a child graduate and and receive a degree, whether it's a high school diploma, whether it's a college degree or even something beyond that.
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you know It's just so exciting whenever we see that. Proverbs 17, six says something really interesting. It says, the pride of kids is their father." Wow.
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I thought that was really amazing.
Anecdote on Psalm 127 and Fatherhood
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You know, going back to the presidency of the United States, you know the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower must have been something powerful to watch.
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But I thought it was interesting that ah President Eisenhower, when he was sworn in at his inauguration, he actually requested requested two Bibles. And he asked for the Bible of George Washington, and he asked for another Bible bible that was from West Point.
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And so I thought it was really interesting how he asked they both be opened, and he had a certain passage of scripture that he wanted to place his hand upon. One of them, the the George Washington Bible, was Psalm 127. And 127 is this fatherhood is this fatherhood psalm that we're looking at together with this fatherhood formula printed out for us.
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But then the other one is this West Point Bible, and that is 2 Chronicles 7.14. Just speaking about how God can bring back a nation whenever the nation gets off track and moves away. Wow.
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You know, I think that one of the great blessings of this country has been the fathers that have lived for Christ. I can point to so many dads that I have gotten to know over the last 18 years that I've been here at my church.
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And I can just think, you know what? those are Those are great men. They're mighty men for God. They love the Lord Jesus Christ. And I appreciate so much their great example that they give for the Lord.
Embodying Godliness as a Father
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It makes me think about something I read but Dr. Austin L. Sorensen from 1918 to 1995. Those were the dates of his life.
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But here's what he said. He said, a child is not likely to find a father in God unless he finds something of God in his father.
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Wow, you know, that's sobering for me as a dad. A child is not likely to find a father in God unless he finds something of God in his father.
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Man, I don't know about you, gentlemen, but I really want my daughters to see Jesus in me. I want my daughters to see the face of the Heavenly Father in my face.
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I want them to hear His words come out of my lips. I want them to see His life in my life. And I encourage you to live that way yourself. You know, Ephesians 5, 22 through 33 compares the headship of a husband to headship of Christ over the church.
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That's how significant we are. You know, um Ephesians 6 verses 1 through 4 compares the honor toward parents with honor toward God. No wonder the Lord calls out dads and says, fathers, don't provoke your children, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
Encouragement and Blessing for Fathers
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Wow. You know, there's no higher calling that any of us have than to say, you know what? God called me to be a dad. Wow. That is incredible.
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Wow. You know, I encourage you not to just listen to the fatherhood formula that I shared with you today from Psalm 127. I think it's powerful.
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But I want to encourage you to check back next week and to also listen to the mighty men, the king's mighty men. We're going to look at David's mighty men we're to consider what can I learn about manhood, about fatherhood,
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from what I see in the scriptures from David's mighty men. I think you'll be surprised, men, what is available to us right there in terms of great examples.
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So why don't we go to the Father in prayer and ask the Lord to bless us and guide us as we approach Father's Day. Lord, I thank you so much for the men who are listening to this podcast or this broadcast.
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I pray that you would bless them. I pray you'd encourage them. I know that all of us make mistakes and it can be so discouraging after we've made mistakes, but help us remember that you're God of mercy.
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You're God of grace and ah mercy and forgiveness. And if we go to you, you said that if we confess our sins, You're faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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I thank you that the word of God promises us this in Romans 8, 1. There is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. And so Lord, help us to not live in um days of discouragement and guilt over past sins.
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Help us to move forward and be the best dad that we can be this day, this week, this month. Lord, Father's Day is coming up, and I really pray that you would bless all of the the dads that are listening to this.
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Lord, some of them may not even live in my town of Columbus, Texas. They may not live in Texas or the United States. They may live somewhere around the world. But I pray that wherever they live, they would live for Jesus.
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I pray that wherever they live, they would say, I don't want to do life. without the heavenly father I need that plus that only God could bring into my life.
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And so Lord, help them to bow the knee, to bow the knee and to welcome Jesus Christ to take over. control of their lives. Help them to give up trying to earn God's favor.
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Help them to realize that salvation and forgiveness of our sins and the Father's aid, it all comes through grace, through grace, by faith. And so, Lord, I pray that you would help the men to put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ and and to turn from sin, and to turn toward Christ.
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I know you'll help them. So bless them and strengthen them. Use them. I pray that you would help them to live in such a way that their kids would truly feel a sense of respect and honor from the inside out.
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It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Well, thank you so much for joining us here today with Growing in Grace. I pray that God will bless you as you go through the rest of your day and the rest of your week.
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Thanks again.
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This is a ministry of First Baptist Church located at 1700 Milam Street, Columbus, Texas.