Sunday, May 31, 2009
Failure of the Fathers
The deepest human defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become. ~ Ashlay Montagu
Scripture:
Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment. Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands. Lamentations 5:6-8 (New International Version)
During the course of this weekend, two very eye opening and thought provoking things happened in my world. The first was a novel I read by a very talented and insightful new author by the name of Wanda Manning. The name of her novel was “Inherited Sin.” “Inherited Sin” was a coming of age story about a young man who found himself at odds with his father because of the father’s indiscretions and treatment of his mother.
This young man watched how his father treated his mother and grew to hate him. However, as he too grew into manhood and married, the son also started exhibiting some of the very same traits of his father. The same characteristics that he hated and despised and that had torn his family apart had now become a part of his makeup as well.
The second event was today when I had to comfort my youngest son because his own father had disappointed him yet again. You see, my son will be graduating from Junior High School this Friday and wanted his father there to witness this monumental event in his life. Now in his father’s defense, he just started a new job and has to work and cannot get the day off. However, if the was an isolated case of him letting his son down, then maybe, just maybe my son would have been a little more understanding. However, the father of my children has a tendency to disappoint them on a regular basis.
In both the case of the book and with my son, these young men are watching and taking in the actions of their fathers. They learn so much from parents not only in what we say, but also in what we do. Now my ex-husband may not think his actions have anything to do with his children, but just like their father’s before them, they too will inherit the spirit of the forefathers.
Many people don’t realize that in their behavior, they are passing down general curses. The word of God tells us that our sins do not go unpunished. If we do not change our sinful ways and ask God for forgiveness, those same sins will be passed down to our children. Now I know that many men would say or think that they are being good fathers to their children and it’s not up to me or you to make that determination. However, I would ask those same men to look into their hearts and ask themselves, are they being all that God wants them to be to their own children.
I would ask; does the generational curse stop with them?
Be blessed
Prayer:
Father God, as father’s day approaches, I ask that you would speak to the hearts and minds of those men who have born the fruit of their loins. Lord, so many of our children are hurting because of the indifference of the fathers. As I read your word, I am reminded that it is the man who should lead his sons into battle. Father God, help our men to realize that we are in a battle. We are in a spiritual battle for the souls of our children. We need them Lord, to build a spiritual wall of protection to cover their children. Father God, our sons and daughters need not only You, their heavenly Father, they need their natural fathers in their lives as well. They need their earthly fathers to stand up and be men, mighty men of God. For those of us who are trying to raise our children alone, gives us the strength and the wisdom to raise our children the right way; Your way. Cover our children in the blood. The blood that protects, heals, and sooths away all of the hurt and the pain. Cover them Lord and help us to bind the generational curses that our children may be facing. Now Lord, give us, the mothers of this world, a forgiving spirit and the power to bind these curses in the stead of their Fathers. Lord, I thank You because I already know that it is done. It is finished because You have already told me that there is power in the tongue. My sons will not carry the sins of the Father into the lives of their own children because we bind them in the name of Jesus. It is in His name that we pray. Amen.
Scripture:
Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment. Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands. Lamentations 5:6-8 (New International Version)
During the course of this weekend, two very eye opening and thought provoking things happened in my world. The first was a novel I read by a very talented and insightful new author by the name of Wanda Manning. The name of her novel was “Inherited Sin.” “Inherited Sin” was a coming of age story about a young man who found himself at odds with his father because of the father’s indiscretions and treatment of his mother.
This young man watched how his father treated his mother and grew to hate him. However, as he too grew into manhood and married, the son also started exhibiting some of the very same traits of his father. The same characteristics that he hated and despised and that had torn his family apart had now become a part of his makeup as well.
The second event was today when I had to comfort my youngest son because his own father had disappointed him yet again. You see, my son will be graduating from Junior High School this Friday and wanted his father there to witness this monumental event in his life. Now in his father’s defense, he just started a new job and has to work and cannot get the day off. However, if the was an isolated case of him letting his son down, then maybe, just maybe my son would have been a little more understanding. However, the father of my children has a tendency to disappoint them on a regular basis.
In both the case of the book and with my son, these young men are watching and taking in the actions of their fathers. They learn so much from parents not only in what we say, but also in what we do. Now my ex-husband may not think his actions have anything to do with his children, but just like their father’s before them, they too will inherit the spirit of the forefathers.
Many people don’t realize that in their behavior, they are passing down general curses. The word of God tells us that our sins do not go unpunished. If we do not change our sinful ways and ask God for forgiveness, those same sins will be passed down to our children. Now I know that many men would say or think that they are being good fathers to their children and it’s not up to me or you to make that determination. However, I would ask those same men to look into their hearts and ask themselves, are they being all that God wants them to be to their own children.
I would ask; does the generational curse stop with them?
Be blessed
Prayer:
Father God, as father’s day approaches, I ask that you would speak to the hearts and minds of those men who have born the fruit of their loins. Lord, so many of our children are hurting because of the indifference of the fathers. As I read your word, I am reminded that it is the man who should lead his sons into battle. Father God, help our men to realize that we are in a battle. We are in a spiritual battle for the souls of our children. We need them Lord, to build a spiritual wall of protection to cover their children. Father God, our sons and daughters need not only You, their heavenly Father, they need their natural fathers in their lives as well. They need their earthly fathers to stand up and be men, mighty men of God. For those of us who are trying to raise our children alone, gives us the strength and the wisdom to raise our children the right way; Your way. Cover our children in the blood. The blood that protects, heals, and sooths away all of the hurt and the pain. Cover them Lord and help us to bind the generational curses that our children may be facing. Now Lord, give us, the mothers of this world, a forgiving spirit and the power to bind these curses in the stead of their Fathers. Lord, I thank You because I already know that it is done. It is finished because You have already told me that there is power in the tongue. My sons will not carry the sins of the Father into the lives of their own children because we bind them in the name of Jesus. It is in His name that we pray. Amen.
