The Strongest Man in the House

There’s a picture of manhood that says the strongest man is the one in control. He has it all figured out, he’s never wrong, and everyone works around him. Jesus shows us a very different kind of strength.

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” The Son of God “made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant… he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” He said, “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.”

That is the pattern for a father and a husband. God first. Then his wife. Then his children. And himself last, laid down in love. It isn’t weakness. It takes more strength to serve than to be served.

On this Father’s Day, the best gift a dad can give is to look a little more like Jesus: strong enough to lay himself down for the people he loves.