I have a great CHRISTIAN MENTOR who made me do some thinking this morning as we spoke about different men in my life today. Here's my thoughts for you today:
The virtue of strength is determined by how it’s used. If it’s used to love and to protect, it’s GOOD! Unfortunately, it can also be used to inflict harm, and that’s not consistent with what we see of God’s character in the Bible. He calls us to FIGHT for what’s right. And a warrior is only as worthy as his cause.
A man without a cause from God is often just an angry man
who doesn’t know where to direct his pent-up energy and aggression. A
man without a cause seeks excuses for his behavior. A man without a
cause is arrogant and can't see himself clearly. It's the MAN with a
cause who becomes a WARRIOR with a cause from God who directs that
warlike energy for a cause greater than himself.SEAN, God created you with the heart of a warrior. It's been said that Until there’s something you’re willing to die for, you can’t truly live. You were created to fight for righteousness.
Until you tap into that divine cause, you’ll be bored, destructive, and frustrated. Find something more. I thank God I get to live my divine cause. I honestly believe in my heart that my calling is to give myself, my heart and my love to mentoring others to believe in GOD and to believe in themselves.
You and I talked about this - the most important war: the end of the world as we know it and how it will affect the unbelievers. The war between heaven and hell. The kingdom of God versus the kingdom of darkness. Draw your sword and get on the front lines.
Fight like a man of God. It starts with family Sean, and it bleeds into everything you will do and everything you will be! I have heard from my girls often that their fathers were hardly role models, let alone Men of GOD. Many men in my life have used the same excuse, but that's the thing. it's just that AN EXCUSE for poor behavior. Instead of Fighting to be a different man, a different father, grandfather etc., they excuse their bad behavior, become arrogant or play the "woe" is me card! THEY are destined to repeat the sins of their fathers, instead of changing that history by becoming the best Dad, best husband, best grandfather and great role model for the next generation of young people.
What you really want is not to be some guy who looks strong on the outside, but a man who can stand strong because he spends time on his knees every day before God.” Don't miss this point -
A man isn’t the arrogant selfish guy who wins tough-guy fights, and blames everyone else for his poor behavior, but the man who knows his weaknesses and fights in God’s strength. He won’t be perfect. But God will be perfecting him.
Every guy wants to be strong. Maybe you’d like to make the cover of Men’s Health or something, a cocky little half-smile on your face, flexing your massive biceps as you slightly lift your tight V-neck shirt to reveal your ripped abs underneath.
That’s what many men think they want. But guys who invest their lives only in physical strength don’t advance God’s kingdom in the world — at least not that way. Men who are strong, men who are world-changers, men who are truly warriors are men who can admit their limitations. Their not victims, they love their families above anything else!
I want to redefine the way you think about what it means to be a warrior. It’s not about cockiness and attitude; it’s not about six-pack abs and picking fights; it’s not about succeeding in life and winning everyone’s admiration or envy. Being a true warrior is about knowing the source of true strength. It’s about knowing your weaknesses and turning to God to empower you to be the man He made you to be.
You’re already in a fight. Your spiritual enemy wants to take you out. He’s a master at making strong men weak. Sometimes he does that by making us comfortable, secure, and safe. Sometimes he lies to us, tempts us, makes us selfish and miserable to others. Sometimes he lures us into thinking there's something better for us, when in reality we already have the best. Is that really how you want to live? Though Satan makes strong men weak, God is in the business of making weak men strong.
And God has a unique way of awakening the dormant warrior within to fight one battle that prepares us to fight and win an even bigger one. Not only does God want you to fight, he wants to give you a cause greater than yourself, because it's not about you! It's about God and loving others! Then, once you love something enough that you’re willing to die for it, you’ll be set free to live. Fight for a cause greater than yourself. It’s in you.
I love you with all that I am!
By Addict's Mom - June Amaral
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