The True Man

 God woke me one night with this simple but profound statement that says "The greatest injustice ever shown to man is in not allowing him to be who God created him to be." We keep asking the question "what does it mean to be a man?, and attribute most our answers to what we have seen a man do. What I have discovered is that the secret to what a man does is tied to what his foundation is built on. If a man only does what we label he should do out of obligation and duty, it won't last, and won't yield the necessary love that is needed to substantiate what he does. I have seen fathers who provided for their families out of duty and at the same time lacked the love and compassion needed to create a healthy and loving environment. The question becomes, what keeps a man grounded? Because if you only do what you do out of obligation and duty you will eventually cave in to the pressure of doing. The key to this dilemma is found in what God spoke to me about the greatest injustice shown to man, that being, not allowing him to be who God created him to be. Then the question becomes what hinders a  man from being what God created him to be, and the answer is found in his foundation. God created man to be a spiritual leader; and anything short of that will never bring him that inner peace God intended for him to walk in. A man can't lead properly without having built his foundation on the principles of God and His Word. The bible says in Genesis 18:22 that God said of Abraham that "he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord..." This has everything to do with being the spiritual leader of his house and family and the doing part as the provider will follow because of the solid foundation which was built on the things of God. If the foundation is properly laid, then the doing becomes a thing of joy and not duty. This is the true man. 

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