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DAY FOUR – Authentic Manhood is Serving God

David understood that as Israel’s new leader, Solomon would need to take a stand, leading the people in keeping God’s ways. His leadership of Israel, however, had to begin with his own personal integrity before God.

David related authentic manhood to serving God. That’s big. The same is true today. For men to impact the culture around them and their circles of influence, starting with their families, they must embrace God’s true definition of manhood and masculinity. You don’t have to accept mainstream media’s or some liberal organization’s label of who you are, and you certainly don’t have to accept the mischaracterized version of traditional masculinity—but instead you must accept the absolute truth of what God’s Word says about you.

J. Oswald Sanders wrote, “When God does discover a man who conforms to His spiritual requirement, who is willing to pay the full price of discipleship, He uses him to the limit, despite his patent shortcomings.”

The great need of our culture today is not for more men of talent or more men of success but for more men of character with hearts that follow hard after God. Our culture needs men who have taken up David’s challenge to Solomon to “be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man” and who understand what that means. Yes, God is looking for a man. Will He find you?

Was this plan helpful to you? It was adapted from my book Take It Back: Reclaiming Biblical Manhood for the Sake of Marriage, Family, and Culture.