For my public ministry to be a fruitful one, I must invest in the home. Yet if my priorities are out of order, I’ve failed the test before even sharpening my pencil! The only way I can ensure that my children are being trained in the fear of the Lord and understand the importance of knowing and trusting Him is if I am present. I need to be available to my family physically, spiritually, emotionally, and mentally. While the calling of a pastor is a noble one, there is a higher calling, and that is of a father. To see to it that my public ministry is one that is pleasing in God’s sight, I have a fiduciary responsibility to care for my home in a way that is pleasing to …show more content…
Children are called to obey their parents. As a father, I am called not to provoke my children to anger. If they are out of line with their God-given mandate to be obedient, then I must do what is necessary to correct their behavior. How can I be expected to enact church discipline rightly if I fail to disciple my own children? As an extension of grace, God has granted a means of correction for errant behavior that is motivated by love. If I am to be a man of integrity and a minister of the gospel, I must seek to discipline my children, and by doing so make much of Jesus