Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and asked him, “What should I do next?” Ahithophel told him, “Go and sleep with your father’s concubines, for he has left them here to look after the palace. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted your father beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will throw their support to you.” So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went in and had sex with his father’s concubines. Absalom followed Ahithophel’s advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God. 2 Samuel 16:20-23
Father’s absence from financial, social and spiritual life at home, affects his sons more than his daughters. When his life is well ordered at home, both his sons and daughters become carriers of his traits.
A boy at school was very aggressive towards girls. He fought only girls at school. Teachers tried to save the situation by lashing him as soon as a report was made to no avail.
One day, in frustration, the teachers engaged the boy in counseling. They asked him why he was interested in beating only girls. He was very frank to them and said he beat girls because his father has been beating his mother, that was why he was also beating girls that look like his mother.
If that boy grows up to get married, it wouldn’t be for the peace of his wife. He would surely beat, torment and torture his wife because that was what he learnt from his father. Children learn from what they see more than what they hear.
Where did the father of the boy learn that ruthless character from? Obviously from his father. So you see, that chain of awkward attitude would continue until a father decides to break that chain by responsibly receiving Jesus to be Lord over his life to help him.
King David sleeping with Bathsheba had a reprisal effect on his children. Amnon his firstborn slept with Tamar his half sister. Absalom slept with ten of his father’s concubines and Adonijah lusted after Abishag of Shunem, his father’s caretaker.
Fatherhood isn’t something we should joke with. Fathers are like roots of a tree. When the roots are defected, the branches eventually wilt. So also fathers. When a father didn’t end sowing the traits of love, service, loyalty, generosity, respect, authority etc in his sons, his sons end up being liabilities to society.
LET’S PRAY
Heavenly Father, give me to always remember that one bad father is a poison to many generations but one good father is a legacy to a nation.
AGREE WITH ME
You are a plant and you just need water to flourish and bear fruit to fulfill your destiny. So, you need to be connected to the Source that never dry. I therefore decree and declare this morning “May your business, finances, career, academics, marriage, family, health, physical person and spiritual person be connected to the Fountain of life, by the Power of the Holy Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!”
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