Lead Your Family

"When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, 'Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.' But he hesitated. So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of the Lord was upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside the city."  Genesis 19.15-16

Lot moved to a city full of wickedness.  But God is going to save him.  He is told to gather his family and flee, but when the time came, he hesitated.  For whatever reason Lot is afraid to leave even though he has been warned of the coming disaster.  And his hesitance destroys his family.

His wife turns back to look at the city and becomes a pillar of salt.  After a brief stay in a neighboring city he takes his daughters to a cave in the mountains.  When they realize they won't marry, they get their father drunk and commit incest in order to preserve the family line.  What would have happened if he had never hesitated?

Men, we must lead our families.  Our hesitation may not lead to the same fate as Lot did, but if we fail to lead we let our families down.  How many heart broken wives are out there because their husbands won't initiate?  How many children are orphaned because of fathers who won't engage?  How much damage has been caused by men who won't lead their families?

What do you want for your family?  What do you want the future to hold for your children?  How do you want your wife to feel?  You have a lot to do with that, for good or bad.  If you lead them correctly, you leave a solid foundation for them to build on.  But every hesitation, weakens it until its at the point where anything built on it crumbles.

Will you lead?

"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

To God alone be the Glory!

Strength and Honor