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What Does it Mean to Be a Godly Man?

Most of us can think of men of the bible that we admire. We can think of Moses, Noah, Samuel, or Joseph. These are all successful leaders in the Kingdom of God. We are not really able to see them as they really were, we only see their character traits and what they did for God. Yet what was it like to live in the day of Gideon and see him respond to the call of God. What was it like to see the contrast of the man of God versus others around him. Was it obvious at the time or was it only in the aftermath of his life did people truly see how he was used by God? Is it absurd to think that there are those men and women of God in our midst right now in modern day America? What do they look like? Are they the humble type that blend in so that it is only over time that we recognize their strengths and Godly characteristics? Or are these men and women that stand out in the culture, shaping others around them after the very heart of God?



Are we living in the midst of Godly men and women today? I certainly believe we are surrounded by them them today. Are you one of them? Are you one that shapes the culture and others around them for HIS reasons? What are the traits of such men and women? How do I know that I am either one or well on the way to becoming one? If you were to ask Gideon before his encounter with God first and Midianites next if he was a Godly man I suspect strongly he would have answered in the negative, maybe the strong negative. But after the encounter with God in Judges chapter 6 all that changed. Most of us strongly desire to be in the will of God. To be used by God and to honor God with our lives. However there are many times that things really get complicated when we don't keep our eyes and heart on the prize. We all yearn to hear the voice of God say that He is pleased with our lives. There is no better day. Lets cut through a lot of fluff here. What are the traits of a Godly man. They are many however they can be summed in a few.



Submit to God.

Love.

Lead.

Serve.

The Lord has led us to to this series in the month of February because the men and leaders in our area and culture sometimes are not leading, sometimes we are not engaged. Sometimes we are caught looking spiritual and not engaged in what we are to be fighting for. We are in a place and time in our culture and our nation that we need strong men and women of God that understand who they are in God and that understand what God has put into them and what they are asked to do from God. We have to engage in our families, our governments and in our cultures as men. Gideon discovered that when he thought it was going to be a lonely battle he was literally over run with others that followed.

We so need Godly Men!

My prayer is that we allow God to change us into more Godly men.

Blessings
Pastor Marty Dyer




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