Chasing GreatnessSample

Kingdom Man

There is nothing I love more about my life than being a man. I love my wife, my family, and my calling – but all of that rests on the fulfillment of a greater reality – of being a man. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and before my feet even hit the floor, I say, “Evans, it is great to be a man.” The whole day looms ahead begging to be explored, experienced, and conquered. 

There is something inherent in the DNA of manhood that urges men to rise to the occasion, solve the equation, protect, defend, defeat, and restore. Life’s challenges taunt us to defy them. Responsibilities call us to fulfill them. I love being a man.

If you are a man, you ought to love being a man. More so than that, you ought to love being a kingdom man. To be a kingdom man is every man’s destiny. And every woman dreams of being with one. Because when a kingdom man rules his realm well, everyone benefits.

Everyone can rest well.

In the Evans home, we have a symbol when a problem comes up. It’s three fingers. That’s all. When I raise three fingers, and without having to say a word, I can immediately see the tension in my wife’s face or in whomever it is I am talking to go away. It goes away because those three fingers remind them of three words: I’ve got it.   

I’ve got it. 

When I say “I’ve got it,” that means that whomever I’m saying it to doesn’t have to carry it, worry about it, or try and figure it out. I’ll take responsibility for it. And if it is something that I cannot solve, I will provide the comfort, stability, and empathy that is necessary to get through it. 

It doesn’t mean that you literally and tangibly do everything. It means that you see to it that everything is done.

When you have demonstrated to those within your sphere of influence that you are dependable, responsible, and that you take ownership to fix, solve, or simply carry the burden of that which cannot be solved, you have freed them up to rest. You have freed them up to relax because they know that they can trust the man who has proven to them through past actions that he’s got it. As a kingdom man, those around you need to know that you’ve got it.