For the past few weeks we’ve been talking about the role of men in life, marriage, fatherhood – all of the things that men need to deal with. We’ve been asking the question: Is it harder to be a man than to be a woman?
The truth is that it IS harder to be a man, because men have been given the responsibility of leading, teaching and spiritually guiding the household. Now, there are many women out there who will disagree with that. And women have a ton of responsibility, too. Being a mom, having a job, taking care of the household, being the nurturer, all of those things fall on the women.
But the bottom line is that God says that the ultimate responsibility falls to the man to take care of the family.
I always ask the men when they come to me and say that they are ready to get married, “Do you understand that you are about to take on the responsibility of not only your own life, but the life of your wife, and your future children?” That is a heavy responsibility and most men try to run from that responsibility, because most men don’t know how to be married, most men don’t know how to be a dad, they just don’t get it. And those are the kinds of things that we have been trying to help them learn.
God asked in Ezekiel, “Who will build the new wall?” He wanted somebody to check for holes in the wall and to stand in the gaps when they found them and to defend the wall. He said that he couldn’t find anybody to do that. So, it’s difficult to be a man, because we’re always in training.
This series has forced the men to take a look at their lives - their wall – and ask themselves the question, “Am I a real man?” “Am I doing all of the things that God has asked me to do?”
