Most of the time, TV commercials are dull. Sometimes, you see something witty or clever that catches your attention, but not normally.
However, one recent TV ad has stuck with me. I think it about it when I consider the blessings of fatherhood. The catch phrase of the commercial was, “It takes a man to be a dad.” What a powerful statement! Especially when we consider the admonition in Ephesians 6:4, which says, “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord” (KJV).
Dads, it is a tremendous privilege to teach our children the things of God!
One of the fondest memories of my childhood focuses on waking up in the middle of the night and seeing my dad kneeling beside my bed, praying for me. He would then slip into my brother’s room and pray for him. Wow! I am so thankful for my dad.
Now it is my turn to hold my children before the Lord in prayer. It is my turn to model God’s love for them, his self-sacrificing love in Jesus and his cross. It’s my turn to teach them how to walk with God, and to show them by example how to do that.
It takes a man to be that kind of dad. May our Savior work that kind of courage and strength in all the men to whom he has entrusted the gift of fatherhood!
