Call to be Fathers (and Mothers too)

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"We are orphaned and fatherless.

Our mothers are widowed."

Lamentations 5:3 (NLT)

I love listening to sermon podcast. It's usually a good source of fresh Word. Currently I'm listening to podcast's from Paul Manwaring entitled 'Fathering People' (if you want to check it out, here's the link to that sermon: http://podcasts.ibethel.org/en/podcasts/fathering-people).

Today as I was reading through my daily devotional, this verse struck me. It confirms what I've been listening in the podcast how we live in a world that is orphaned, fatherless and motherless. But how Jesus spoke of a promise that He won't leave us orphans (John 14:18) and sent the Spirit of adoption (Romans 8:15) that turns our being orphans into true sons and daughters of God who later become and grow into Fathers and Mothers. Then He gave us the great commission (Matt. 28:19-20) to go and make disciples- to Father and mother people who are also orphans also. We minister with compassion and empathy seeing that who we reach were once us.

Blown away by the revelation. It reminded me of our calling. That there's a reason for discipleship, so that the vision and call to be fathers and mothers is passed on the next generation. Soli Deo Gloria!

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