for which I have toiled!
Most men spend their entire existence trying to do
their way into being. Some spend countless hours
as workaholics while others dive headlong into
meaningless sexual encounters. Many men attempt to
compensate for their feelings of worthlessness through
various sports, hobbies or activities. While none of
these things within themselves is wrong, a substitution
of doing for being can never achieve integrative
wholeness.
Though we were created to rule and dominate
the earth according to Genesis 1:26-28, it is to be
accomplished by the initial pattern that was given.
The first words of Genesis 1:1 are, “In the beginning
God…..” Before God did anything, he simply was. His
doing was not a validation of His being! Knowing who
God is and the authority and ability that he possess,
God envisioned, conceptualized, and spoke that which
he desired to see and it was done.
The reality of being says, that as men, we are learning
what it means to walk in relationship and fellowship
with a loving Heavenly Father who has stamped his
image within us. It is from this likeness that we are to
find and live out our true identity.