The Question.

Do I have what it takes?

John Eldridge in his book Wild At Heart talks about this being the question every boy asks. The answer will direct boys into being men with a capable confidence or men who are unsure and fearful.

Which kind of man are you?

Growing up I didn’t feel I had what it took to do anything of significance.

I became a man who lacked confidence and was fearful of trying things that I didn’t know how to do, my fear kept me from asking to learn, so everything scared me.

I lived in a constant state of fear of being found out as someone who didn’t belong.

Sound familiar?

God has not given us a spirit of fear but of love and sound mind 2 Timothy 1:7

Yesterday I changed the battery on my car by myself, small thing to the man who was raised with confidence, for me it was a break through moment.

It was an "I have what it takes" moment.

I know there are more and more men out there who are still asking the same question they were as eight-year-old boys and finding the answer the same at every turn.

As Christian men, we have the responsibility to find them and to build them up in such a way that their question is answered in a way that spurs them toward the high call that God has put on their life.

How is the question answered?

Masculinity is bestowed in the company of other men.

It takes a man to show a man he’s a man.

The world is full of fear-filled men who lack confidence.

As Christian men, we have the reasonability to find them and to build them up in such a way that their question is answered in a way that spurs them toward the high call that God has put on their life.

There is a company of men I have surrounding me who are bestowing masculinity upon me from their strength and I am bestowing to them from mine.

If you are a man in this world you need other men around you life is too hard to walk alone you need a band of brothers.

This week's challenge.

Pray for men to come into your life who you can lend your strength to and to whom you also receive strength from both are important if you are going to create a group that is not about one persons needs.

Pray for forty days, it biblical, fast a few meals in there and pray because God will bring men into your life and you into the lives of others that will change the course of your life and the life of those arIound you.

Next Blog "The One". You will never guess what it’s about.

Ezra

I have thought about why I want to share such a private moment so publicly as to put this message on my blog.

I feel that there is huge significance in spiritual milestones.

I want whoever reads this to know that your kids are never to young to be set on the path of Gods way with purpose.

This is what I never had but my prayer is that it will not just bless my son as he walks along the road to manhood but will inspire other fathers to spur their sons onward toward successful manhood with such commitments and blessings.

What you were given does not have to measure you and does have to be repeated.

You can be the blessing you never had to your sons and daughters by making their milestones important.

To my Son.

Your name Ezra is Hebrew in origin it means Helper/One who helps/gives aid.

My Son as I was praying for you. The Lord gave me this verse for you.

2 Timothy 1:7.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (NKJV)

As I read around this verse for context I saw that it began with Timothy being commissioned by Paul his spiritual father and closed with his release into his mission of preaching the gospel in fulfillment of his calling.

This is the day we dedicate you to Gods service and to his care.

My commission,

My son resist the fear that would attempt to hold you back from you embracing the call of God on your life.

Our God and Father has given you power and love and a sound mind.

My son may you have an unquenchable thirst for His presents.

My son may you have a heart for the lost and broken.

My son may wisdom ever guide your steps.

My son may your love for others overshadow the hurts and pain you will encounter.

My son may you be a light to those who would seek and a door to those who knock.

My commitment,

As your earthly father I will raise you up in such a way as to point you to your heavenly father from whom all blessings flow.

I will endeavor to be an example to you of a Godly man.

I will bring you up in a company of men who will be examples and burden bearers, men who will stand shoulder to shoulder with you and raise you up to be all that God has called you to be.