Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

God’s Purpose fo r the Male

children.‖ And then I told him, ―It doesn‘t ma tter who your grandfather was. The important issue is what your grand children are going to say about you.‖ Solomon said, “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children‟s children” (Prov. 13:22). I like that. A good man doesn‘t think about the past. He thinks about the f u ture. A good man doesn‘t leave an inh eritance of just mon ey and land. That‘s not the only inheritance Solomon was talking about. He was talking about a heritage, something to stand on, something to lean on throughout life. Maybe when you were growing up, your father left when things got tough. You think you need to do the same thing now that you have a family. Let me tell you: if you have a little boy, and you leave, you‘ll teach him the same thing your father taught you. It doesn‘t stop. It causes a perpetual cycle of destruction. We have to stop this cycle by getting back to God‘s Manual and getting on course again.

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The Male’s Position

Man‘s priority in creation not only means that he was designed to be the foundation of the human family, but also that he was the first to be positioned on earth according to God‘s purposes. He was the first to have a relationship with God, to experience God‘s creation, and to receive God‘s i n structions.

In the Garden

The male was placed in the environment in which he was meant to carry out his purpose: “ Now the L ORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed” (Gen. 2:8). This point is very, very crucial. God put the man in the environment in which he was supposed to remain in order to fulfill his reason for be ing. What was this environment like? A Place of Heaven on Earth

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