Today is Father’s Day. Maybe you’ve not seen what fatherhood looks like.
Maybe you’ve got a pretty good example in your own dad.
Maybe you’ve never made the connection between dads on earth
and your Dad in heaven before. There are many verses in the
Bible that give you an idea of what dads should look like.
A good one to start with is today’s verse, Ephesians 6:4.
It shows you that fathers are meant to act a certain way. Not to snap,
or act harshly towards their kids. No, the way fathers are to act is
patiently, and nurturingly. The idea that fathers are to ‘nurture’
might sound a bit feminine by today’s standards. But it’s how the
Bible describes fatherhood. It’s a deliberate choice of words: not
‘dominate’, or ‘control’, but ‘nurture’. And all correction,
all discipline, should only come about against a backdrop of
warm and always-present care. There’s a design in fatherhood
that reflects your Heavenly Father. This isn’t an accident.
So your experience of earthly dads, those who reflect this verse,
points you to what God Himself looks like. And if you’ve only
had spiritual dads on earth – this applies to them too. Check out
2 Kings 2:12 for Elisha’s final words to his spiritual dad, Elijah.
One of the beautiful things about that verse is that it’s impossible
to say who Elisha is talking about when he says ‘father’ – is it Elijah,
or God? Maybe it doesn’t matter. In that moment, what you see
is how even spiritual dads can point you to God.
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