Seed of Procreation

It struck me this morning how good our God is to us and how favored we are as His sons and daughters. The very fact that He created us and gave us life through the gift of His very breath is absolutely amazing. The fact that He gave us so many of His characteristics and abilities are beyond understanding.isaHis The fact that His Spirit is with us to guide us, teach us, protect us and empower us is more amazing still. I am so thankful.

It also struck me this morning how important it is that ‘men behaving well’ is central to living heaven on earth lives; lives that are lived for and by God through us and not contrarily, ourselves. Somehow, though, most certainly the result of selfish sin, men, and I do mean the gender, have lost this drive to live set apart lives of righteousness and have settled for what society says of them. We are anywhere from buffoons to machismo brutes to pretenders and posers to self absorbed pontificators without substance – a mile wide and only an inch deep. We live lives of relative no eternal importance or responsibility and when the issue of obedience to God’s commands is raised we most often demure or equivocate with nonsensical excuses which only serve to cement opinions on our Neanderthal tendencies. The shame is that we often revel in these descriptions of our lives.

It’s time that there is a reversal of these opinions about the manner in which we men live. We must change. Key to this transformation is the realization that men are supposed to bring life and not death to this world – particularly as it relates to conception, abortion and adoption and also by living out John 10:10. But, it also relates to our infecundity, our anti-natal tendencies and our preference for silence in the face of consequential life decisions. Our ambivalence to God’s gift of procreation and design to raise and lead families in the way of the Lord, has led us down a selfish path disguised often as a politically correct societal belief that in reality espouses the philosophy of ‘me first.’ This downward spiral from God’s will for us will never abate if men do not take the lead.

So, how does this change? It can only change when men realize that life cannot begin without them and that the responsibilities that quickly ensue must be met. Stepping up is hard to do as we take our positions on the couch. We as a gender give life. Without the penetration of life giving sperm, an egg, as wondrous as it is, will not implant but will be expelled and die. The giving or life is not only a huge gift but a huge responsibility that we have not fully understood. It is a peculiar gift from God to each of us. It is a sobering gift which should drive us to our knees in prayer.

Understanding of the unique role God has given each of us men should be the foundation for the way we live in His Kingdom – Heaven on earth. We are to honor Him with our lives, honor life itself and honor those He created to receive our life giving seed; those beautiful, delicate, mysterious and intricate women who give nurturance and love and unselfish sacrifice in the births of our children. This is where it should begin. jt