Men, please ask yourself the question: "Am I a leader?". Some...in fact many of us will answer "no" as a first impule, but that answer begs the question "if you are not leading, then who is?". Has your wife stepped into the role? Does your church lack strong men? Every man is called to be a leader, but we have convinced ourselves that because we are not called to pastor churches, or lead great group of people, or affect massive change in our society that we do not have a calling on our lives to be "leaders".
Some of us may picture leaders as dominating individuals who take charge of a situation and then crush all who get in their way. Others might view leaders as power tripping hypocrites. Some others may not have a very clear idea of what it means to be a leader. The fact of the matter is that we live in a world hungry for men who will fill the void and simply step up. You do not have to be trained, gifted, talented, or perfect to be a leader. God is looking for men who will simply stand. One verse so poignantly illustrates the failing of God's men. "I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none." (KJV Ez. 22:30) You've probably heard this verse before. You've likely even heard sermons preached about it, but have you ever really considered that the man God is still looking for is you?
This generation of children are being consumed by the world. The moral decay around us is staggering. So many times, we can be tempted to give up. We can become overwhelmed and emasculated by the world. No battle was ever won by being "non confrontational". Men, we can stand. We can lead. We must lead! We may not lead nations, or churches, or even Sunday school classes; but we might disciple someone who will. Are we looking for opportunities to be leaders? There are "gaps" in leadership all around us. We don't have to know what we are doing, but we do have to be willing. Once we examine our hearts and come to the point where we are willing, the next step is the hardest... we have to actually take a step. Gaps are not magically filled by good intentions. We must step into them. We must be men of action, and as we all know, action begins with motion. Once you step out in faith, trusting God to lead you as you lead others, you will begin to see real change. In our modern world of imaginary "hope and change", imagine a world where Christian Dads became the leaders of their homes, or a world where Christian men discipled and developed others to follow God. One man doing one small thing might affect a small change in the world, but many men leading in a Christ-like way would without a doubt fundamentally transform the world!
When God called men of old to His service, He did not choose the gifted, but rather He chose the willing. He chose man of stammering tongues who knew they were nothing without God's strength and leading. Moses asked many times for God to choses someone else. Joshua was told multiple times to "be strong and of good courage". I offer the same message to us today... we must be courageous if we desire to truly see the world change for the Lord. As the television degrades the role of men in the home, and the feminist movement forces men into roles we were not meant to fill, I ask you the question "Will you step into the void?" Men, as you lead, my prayer is that your voices will echo throughout the world- "Follow me as I follow Christ!".
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