Summoned By Jesus

Christian men are the dry bones. Unfulfilled in their calling since the garden of Eden. The men of the church need to awaken & return to our first love. Study to show ourselves approved. Submit. Obey. And be about our Father’s business.

About a year ago when the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said “I didn’t make covenants with women.” It was a very perplexing statement. So I asked the Lord for clarity. He revealed to me: I did not make woman first, I made man first and I breathed life into him; I made covenants with patriarchs and not with women; priests in my Tabernacle and Temples were all men; I didn’t have a daughter, I had a Son; His first chosen disciples were all men. I have established a role for men since the beginning. When I created man, I also created a garden and put him in the middle of it. I gave him instructions that he was to obey. I told him to tend the garden. To oversee it, take care of it, protect it, cultivate it, develop it, and to nurture it. But I told him he was not to eat from the tree in the center of the garden. Then, I fashioned woman from his rib. A helpmate…an equal partner but with a different role.

Though they would come together and be as one, the head of the woman was the man. He was the priest. He was the one charged with tending the garden. So, although Eve was the first one to eat of the fruit of the tree, it was Adam who should have said no, but he did not. He did not obey God. He did not fulfill his priestly responsibilities. We men, have been struggling to fulfill God’s purposes and role ever since. And I believe that many of the problems that exist in the world today come from the failure of men to fully embrace our call, our destiny, and our role as men.

(For greater clarity on this “word from the Lord”, please see my posting on 5/14/2023.)

I am not alone in these stirrings. About 12 years ago Tony Evans wrote a book entitled Kingdom man. Subtitled Every Man’s Destiny, Every Woman’s Dream; Also around this time, the Kendrick Brothers released the movie ‘Courageous’ and the book ‘The Resolution for Men’, describing the roles of men and fathers; AW Tozer wrote a book entitled ‘Discipleship’. A very strong and compelling message for all Christians. These books are excellent and I heartily recommend them. My promptings by the Holy Spirit simply have a different origin and slightly different perspective… and a strong stirring for the current hour.

I would suggest to you that the similarity between these movies, books, and messages, are confirmation from the Lord about the validity of the concept and our spiritual need as men to arise, for such a time as this. To submit. To obey. To the Lordship of Jesus Christ. (And to be about our Father’s business.)