In todays population I can understand a little how God must have felt when He told Ezekiel, “I sought for a man among them…but I found none.” I’m not speaking of what the world defines as manly, but God’s description. The former always looks on the outward appearance, while the latter views the inside. And so, let us be clear, we’re not addressing a physical roughness, but ruggedness of character. It is possible to be big on the outside, with a midget of a man on the inside. On the other hand, I’ve met many a man who was small of stature, but who was a giant of a man within.
We have so-called Christian writers today who, while posing as a man, stand hiding themselves behind a fountain pen. And many in our pulpits want to pass themselves off as real men, who stand for something, but are actually only kept up by the starch in their clothes! My personal description of a man is one who does what needs to be done, simply because it needs doing, regardless of the cost. My Grandpa Morrison worked as a night-watchman forty years at a paper mill, and he never missed a day in all that time; while raising a family of seven. He proudly received his gold pocket-watch at retirement. He was 5’2’’ and weighted 125 pounds. WHAT A MAN HE WAS!
When a male was born in Bible times he was referred to as a, “Man child.” In other words, every male child was born with the potential of being a real man. Only by either neglect, or by training and conditioning, will he be otherwise. Feminization of the male spirit is unnatural! This is why a single mother must keep her son(s) around manly men. Timothy’s mother and grandmother did a super job; but it was Paul who put the icing on the cake. From childhood, I cannot remember a day that I have not admired manliness, and wanted only to be a part of their clan. On a mans tomb-stone, I know of no greater epitaph to have than what was said of John the Baptist, “There was a man.”
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