Time to Take a Stand

Time to Take a Stand


Tanya James
A few days ago, I picked up a copy of a local community paper and was delighted to see a positive story about families. They highlighted a few local fathers that made family priority in their lives ... it was such a great change from what we usually see in media about family.

Unfortunately, it has become the norm to read about broken families, abusive parents, dead beat dads, alcoholic moms and unruly children. What's even more unfortunate is we see this just as much in the Body of Christ as we do outside.

So what do we do as Christians? Do we sit back and allow this to continue and just accept it as the way things are? Or do we take a stand and work to put family back in its proper God ordained order? The Bible equips us with the needed guidelines for families to come together as a strong unit ... the question is ... will we follow those guidelines?

Here are just a few ...

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her with the washing of water by the word that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing that she should be holy and without blemish." Ephesians 5:25 - 27

"Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord." Ephesians 5:22 Colossians 3:21 Ephesians 6:1-3

"Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord." Colossians 3:20

"Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged."

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise: that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth."

If we began to follow these and all the other family guidelines outlined in the Bible - can you imagine the changes we would see in our family structures? The Body of Christ could finally become the standard instead of following what the world says the standard is.

As strong family units, we would be able to live a life filled with joy and peace knowing that even when storms arise, we are surrounded with a support system in place to help us get through it. We would be able to share Christ with unbelievers through our actions and not just our words ...which is always more powerful of a testimony anyway.

And the best part about God is ... it doesn't matter how messed up things may seem within your family today ... if you turn it over to HIM ... He will meet you right where you are and show you how to rebuild your current situation.

It's not too late ... and things are not too screwed up ...nothing is too big for our God. We just have to make the decision that it's time to take a stand for families and build according to God's direction and instruction.