A Few Good Men

Last week I was at camp meeting. The first night the song evangelist sang a song I had never heard before.

A Few Good Men

What this dying world could use is a willing Man of God
Who dares to go against the grain and works without applause;
A man who'll raise the shield of Faith, protecting what is pure;
Whose love is tough and gentle; a man whose word is sure.

God doesn't need an Orator who knows what just to say;
He doesn't need authorities to reason Him away;
He doesn't need an army to guarantee a win;
He just needs a Few Good Men.

Men full of Compassion, who Laugh and Love and Cry-
Men who'll face Eternity and aren't afraid to die-
Men who'll fight for Freedom and Honor once again-
He just needs a Few Good Men.

He calls the broken derelict whose life has been renewed;
He calls the one who has the strength to stand up for the Truth.
Enlistment lines are open and He wants you to come in-
He just needs a Few Good Men.

Men full of Compassion, who Laugh and Love and Cry-
Men who'll face Eternity and aren't afraid to die-
Men who'll fight for Freedom and Honor once again-
He just needs a Few Good Men.

Men full of Compassion, who Laugh and Love and Cry-
Men who'll face Eternity and aren't afraid to die-
Men who'll fight for Freedom and Honor once again-
He just needs a Few Good Men.

Men full of Compassion, who Laugh and Love and Cry-
Men who'll face Eternity and aren't afraid to die-
Men who'll fight for Freedom and Honor once again-
He just needs a Few Good Men.
He just needs a Few Good Men.
He just needs a Few Good Men.

As Father's Day approaches, and I'm preparing for Sunday this song has been playing over and over on my computer. I've been working through the Fruit of the Spirit again, taking it a little deeper since I have more time to work with each time. It's truly been a God thing after seeing how the characteristics have fallen. Love was on Mother's Day, Peace ended up being Memorial Day weekend, this week, Father's Day, is Goodness.

Jesus said in Mark 10.18, that no one is good but God alone. The Greek word for good is "agathos", the root of the word for goodness "agathosune", which means morally excellent. It is absolute perfection, with no flaws or impurities. This is clearly only true of God. But Paul tells us in Galatians 5.22, that goodness is part of the Fruit of the Spirit, so goodness, or we could say, "Godliness" is to be evident in our lives. You can read more about goodness in the blog from August 2010.

God created men to be men. His design is that men will be leaders, examples of Godliness, and defenders of truth. That was what He created us to be. Why have we let women take over this? Look at the church, who does most of the work? Who are the majority of attenders? Women. Look at our society, how many single moms are there? How many children don't have a daddy to go home to. (I use the word daddy because everyone has a father, without one you wouldn't be alive. But not everyone has a daddy, not everyone has that man in their lives who loved and protected them.) Where have all the men gone?

Honestly, I don't think society values men. Look at TV sitcoms, usually the husband is a weak, immature little boy, and the wife is the one who has to order him around. The woman has to be the leader because the man refuses to be. We live in a society, as Brad Paisley said in his song "I'm still a Guy", where "It's hip now to be feminized." We're in a society where boys aren't allowed to be boys, and if boys can't be boys, men can't be men, because boys can't become men. Part of it is that they don't have men to show them how to be men. It's been left to single moms to raise these boys into manhood, which is impossible.

I'm not trying to take anything away from the single mothers. Thank you for the sacrifices you make for your children, for the long hours and multiple jobs you work to support your children and give them the best life possible. One day I hope to be in a church that is able to provide a ministry to help you, I just wish it could be right now.

God simply needs a few good men who will step up and say, "We will be the men that God designed us to be. We will stand for truth, we will protect purity, we will fight for freedom. We will initiate boys into manhood." We need men who will take up the leadership in their families and in the church. Men who make God a priority and will be examples of Godliness. Until that happens, I honestly don't believe the American society will change at all.

There are two books I recommend to all boys and men, Wild at Heart, and The Way of the Wild Heart, both by John Eldredge. These are the two best books I have ever read. Wild at Heart talks about the heart of a man. It talks about who God created us to be as men. The Way of the Wild Heart is a book about how a boy becomes a man, and how a man knows he is one. Both of them talk heavily about what God intended for a man to be using Scriptural support for all of it.

This Father's Day, may it be a day that men decide to be men. May Father's Day in a sense begin a new year for men. May we seize the responsibility that God has created us for. May we be the few good men that God needs.

Peace be with you