Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

The Male as Visionary and Leader

(3) what his purpose as an individual man is. In this way, he can know where he is going in life and can lead those under his care and responsibility. First things have to come first. Before God gave the man a helper, He gave him a vision for what he should be doing. That is also the order we need to follow today. If a man has no vision, or if his wife has the only vision, the man and his whole family will have a difficult time. This is because God has designed the male to carry others with him in his vision. Our society is in trouble because wherev er the man goes, he brings everybody else along. Right now, most men don‘t know where they‘re going, and the women and children who are following have no direction. It‘s dangerous for a woman to marry a man who doesn‘t know God, because she won‘t know where he‘s taking her. Even if he does know God, he needs to learn to live in God‘s presence, because some men who know Him don‘t talk to Him enough. No man has the right to lead a woman if he doesn‘t have the ability to truly hear God. “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Prov. 29:18 KJV ). This is a serious matter. It means that a male-man cannot ask a female- man to follow and help him if he isn‘t

really doing anything. Where is she sup posed to be going? What is she supposed to help him with? The woman is looking for somebody who is doing something to which she can contribute. All the poten tial, all the energy, all the excitement, and all the creativity within her has to be

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applied to something. There are many women who have skills and abili ties, but men aren‘t doing anything they can help with. Some women wait for weeks, months, even years with latent skills, eager to help fathers, husbands, friends, employers — to no avail. The resulting lack of direction can sometimes make women vulnerable to making mistakes. A woman needs to have direction and be involved in meaning ful activity in order to fulfill her purpose.

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