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Thursday, July 3, 2025
"A Father's Duty"
Message summary: What a powerful model is taught in our daily text.
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"For
you know that
we dealt with
each of you as
a father deals
with his own
children,
encouraging,
comforting and
urging you to
live lives
worthy of God,
who calls you
into His
kingdom and
glory" (1
Thessalonians
2:11,12).
Today I have a
special
remembrance.
Twenty-seven
years ago
today my dad
went to be
with the Lord
in 1998. July
3rd always
holds special
memories of my
dad for the 44
years he was
present in my
life. He was a
big man of
relatively few
words, yet as
I note the
characteristics
of fathers to
which Paul was
appealing in
the daily text
I recall
seeing them in
my own dad. I
miss him and
look forward
to seeing him
in the
ultimate
reunion since
he had placed
his faith in
Christ as his
Savior.
A photo of my dad when Ester was a toddler.
Paul
never mentions
his own father
in any of his
writings
recorded in
the New
Testament and
actually gives
very little
explicit
teaching on
fatherhood.
Yet in the
daily verse he
presumes that
his readers
have an
experience and
knowledge of
fathers. "For
you know that
we dealt with
each of you as
a father deals
with his own
children".
He lists three
characteristics
of fathers as
an example of
his own
ministry among
them. As we
consider the
descriptive
role of a
godly father,
let us ponder
these three
desirable
character
traits, "encouraging,
comforting,
and urging you
to live lives
worthy of God".
“Comforting” – Though both parents have these duties we more often associate loving words of comfort coming from our mothers. It’s harder for me to recall reassuring words or comforting gestures from my dad, but a related memory comes to mind indicating my dad’s love for his wife and family. In 1967 Mom took my sister and me on a train to California to see my oldest brother Mike and his wife and newborn baby girl, my parent's first grandchild. Dad stayed home to work and missed us a lot. He was there to meet us at Union station upon our return and it was the first time I ever saw him cry. That was a side of him I had never seen and it has remained with me to this day. Perhaps his tears were a demonstration of love that was of special reassurance to me at the time.
“Urging you to live lives worthy of God” – This is surely a supreme purpose for a godly father. My dad was skillful in HVAC, plumbing and related trades and was knowledgeable in many other areas. I recall going to work with him in the hot Kansas City summers as a high-schooler. He came to faith later in life so I really can’t recall many verbal lessons of a spiritual nature. But he sure demonstrated faithfulness, responsibility, and hard work in caring and providing for his family. Biblically this is certainly a component in living a life worthy of God.
Fathers,
what a
powerful model
is taught in
our daily
text! How are
you at
encouraging
and comforting
your children?
Do you urge
them to live
lives worthy
of God? These
are a big part
of your
Scriptural
mandate as a
father. Let us
be found
faithful in
the godly task
before us!
Be encouraged today! Hebrews 3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Heavenly
Father, may
words of
encouragement,
comfort, and
exhortation
flow from our
lips so that
we may spur
others on in
the faith,
most
especially our
own children.
We pray that
You would help
Christian
fathers
everywhere to
verbalize
their faith
and live in a
manner that
honors You and
shows others
where their
source of
strength lies.
Help them to
be the
spiritual
leaders of
their homes so
that a harvest
of
righteousness
and peace will
be upon their
households.
Amen.
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