Read : 2 Samuel 15:7-15; 18:14,15,33
“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father…” – Leviticus 19:3
One of the wisest things on earth is to carefully manage your relationship with fathers.
When young people fall in love, they often forget the importance of honouring and obeying their parents. Some time ago, I did not recognize this principle to its fullest. But I appreciated it when two young ladies died in the midst of their years after marrying against their parents’ wishes.
One husband described how his wife’s family was totally against his marriage. With time, the young lady developed a strange form of paralysis. When she died, she left behind little children for her husband to take care of.
I remember sitting on the hospital bed of a dying twentyfive year old girl. Her father was against her getting married but she had gone ahead and married without her father’s knowledge. She had a rare and terrible cancer, which had spread all over. The disease was so strange that it was only diagnosed fully at her post-mortem. She died in a horrible and frightening way, which I have never forgotten. Throughout the ordeal, my mind was constantly on how she had gone against her father’s wishes.
Truly, the curse of the father must be avoided at all costs. Obey and flow in peace towards the fathers that God gives to you. They are given for your good.