As Father’s day is drawing near in four days this year 2018 I heard a voice say, “write about fathers.” I thought to myself, “what, I am a mother, I can speak from a woman’s point of view as a mother, but a father? This definitely has to come from God himself.” So hear goes something in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Famous fathers of the Bible are Adam, Noah, Job, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Zacharias, and Joseph. None can be compared to Joseph, why? Joseph is the earthly father of Jesus the immaculate conception(Luke 1:35). It is very important for all fathers to see themselves in the same position as Joseph when it concerns their children. Your children are not yours, they belong to God. You fathers are here to be in His stead, like Joseph was to Jesus. Understand you have it better than Joseph ever did because of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, you have the Holy ghost, the comforter, to help you. Adam was formed of dust from the ground(Genesis 2:7) whereby Jesus man and divinity and part man.

So father’s who are you? You are created in His image, but Jesus said something that all who follows him must have this understanding where God is concern. John 14:9-10 “Anyone who has seen me has seen the father. The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.” Wow! A lot of people miss this very important revelation and teaching. Father’s you are daddy’s when on earth and Father’s when you’re consecrated and connected to God in oneness. To see you should be like Jesus said, is to see God the father. Dad’s you’re supposed to be representing the most high.

Matthew 23:9 Do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Realize that the head of every man is Christ. This is to teach you humility you are not a God, but the son. Remember God is always in control so to be a good father is to allow God to direct you path. Being able to acknowledge that sometimes it’s not about you, but you serve a purpose, even if it was for a minute, like an extra in a movie, not being the main character, but to be humble and greatfull for the role you’ve been given no matter how minuscule. In one of the greatest story of the Bible, Joseph being called for such a purpose and being a man, wasn’t popular at all as though being the earthly father of Jesus was not so important.

Joseph was amazing father and man of God Matthew 1:18-25. Much wasn’t mention of him in the bible other than he was a carpenter and he may have had other children, even be a widower. In Matthew 13:55 it was said about Jesus, ” is that not the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers, James, Joseph, simon and Judas?” But one thing about Joseph, he fulfilled his role as a father to Jesus and a husband to Mary in every way, lead by the angel of God from the time he dreamt not to put away Mary quietly when he found out she was pregnant and they had not consummated there relationship. Matthew 1:24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him.

Are you fathers doing what you are commanded to do for God? A father can only be a good father when it’s not about himself, and he is present. His role is a big one, equally shared. A father could never be a father without a mother and same goes for being a mother, the roles is shared which brings balance to the entire unification as to what is called family. And let us not forget God!