Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

The Male as Provider and Protector

When a man loses his job and can‘t pay the mortgage or other bills, he shouldn‘t fall apart and go drinking, use drugs, or run away. God intended a real man to be able to look at life‘s challenges squarely in the face and make a plan of action. ―Well, let‘s see what size this one is. Good. I can knock this one off. It will take three weeks, but I‘ll do it.‖ ―This other one isn‘t too bad. In three months we‘ll work on that one.‖ ―Well, now, for this one, we‘ll have to go to the bank and make some arrangements for smaller payments so we‘ll have more time to deal with it.‖ The logical thinker was built to handle tough things. A man looks tro uble in the face and says, ―No problem.‖ He speaks with confidence because he‘s logical, and his logic is based on God‘s Word.

3. Territorial Protectiveness

Males exhibit a fighting spirit, which was given to them by God to protect and defend those for whom they are re sponsible. Jesus said, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,…how often I

have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings” (Matt. 23:37). When does a hen cover her chicks? When there‘s a threat. She opens her wi ng, covers them with it, then starts kick

Jesus exhibited

a strong,

protective

nature.

ing with her foot. She is saying, ―Don‘t you touch my chicks.‖ That‘s how God feels about His people. Likewise, a man has the spirit of a hen who is under pressure and threat of dan ger, and who is going to fight. Jesus exhibited a strong, protective nature when speak ing of the church. He said, in essence, ―If anyone offends My bride, if anyone tries to take My children away from Me, it would be better for him if he tied a rope around his neck, put a stone on the other end of the rope, walked down to the ocean, and jumped in. It would be better for him to do that than for Me to get My hands on him.‖ (See Matthew 18:6.) A man has a spirit in him that says, ―I have to protect what is mine.‖ He talks in terms of ―my wife,‖ ―my house,‖

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