Man Up!

A word to men: there is nothing more attractive than a man leading according to God’s design. I am certain that this will not be politically correct to blog about, but most of the bible isn’t “PC” anyway. When a man decides to put an end to passivity and rise up in Christ-like action, it’s magnetic to women. It’s irresistible. This doesn’t mean you know everything or that you are better. It simply means that you are willing to sacrifice it all for a calling much greater than imaginable. You’re willing to give up you and serve others. You become a living sacrifice.

This is rare. Many women are even afraid to admit that this is what they desire most. In today’s world of equality and conformity, somehow we stopped celebrated masculinity. It is mocked. Yet, in the privacy of my counseling sessions with women over two decades a theme has emerged, a desire for male leadership. Why? Because true servant leadership provides an earthly example of our Savior. When you’re in the company of a Christian man, it’s a little bit like walking with Jesus.

There is comfort and security when a man is decisively directive. This does not mean that he must be loud and bossy. Quite the opposite! Through a gentle, quiet spirit a servant leader is engaging and encouraging. He helps to awaken the potential in every person around him. He provides hope in the darkest of times and compassion amidst chaos. He is salt in a bland world. My prayer for all the men out there is that rather than looking to society to tell you who you are, ask God. He designed you. He knows the plans He has for you. Don’t settle!

• “My son do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; for length of days and long life and peace they will add to you.” (Proverbs 3:1-2)
• “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11)
• “The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.” (Proverbs 21: 25)
• “Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 11:11)
• “For man is not from woman, but woman from man,” (1 Corinthians 11:8)
• “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word…” (Ephesians 5:31)
• “Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.” (Colossians 3:19)
• “So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together , let man not separate.” (Matthew 19:6)
• “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.” (Proverbs 12:4)

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