You may or may not have given these 3 things a lot of thought. Or maybe you have. Either way, you’re reading this now, so no excuses.
HONOR GOD
We’ll start this with the Shema:
Listen, Israel: The Lord your God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4)
Or how about the end of Ecclesiastes:
Fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity (Ecclesiastes 12:13)
Or Jesus:
If you continue in My word, you really are My disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:32).
So the conclusion of the first pillar is to Love God. Fear God. Obey God.
LEAD YOUR FAMILY
Family is a gift and blessing. As a husband and father, my family comes second only to God, and first in everything else. It is a sacred blessing to be charged with the responsibility of caring for my wife and children. Something this beautiful, you really don’t want to mess up. The consequences cut too deep. Lets see what Paul had to say about it:
But if anyone does not provide for his own, that is his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever (1 Timothy 5:8)
VALUE YOUR FRIENDS
Friendship is one of the great blessings of life. So value your friends. Be loyal, and faithful to them. Take care of them, and they will take care of you. Our relationship to our friends should be an extension of our relationship to God:
No one has greater love than this. that someone would lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13)
If these 3 things haven’t been a priority in your life. Start today. If you’ve messed one these things up, fix it. God gave us His word, and His life that we may live. As men, let’s give back.
*All scripture is taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible