Why You Must Be Men of the Word

Brothers, if there was ever a time for men to rise up and stand firm in the Word of God, it is now. We are not living in days of spiritual ease. These are not quiet times. These are dark days. Our culture mocks God, redefines truth, and celebrates what is evil. And in the midst of it all, many Christian men are asleep. We play games with eternal things. We are passive where we should be fierce. We are quiet when we should thunder. We are entertained when we should be armed.

Men, we cannot afford to be biblically ignorant. We cannot lead our families well, serve our churches rightly, or wage war against sin faithfully unless we are men of the Book. This isn’t a suggestion. This is not a side hobby. This is life or death.

You Cannot Follow a God You Do Not Know

Too many Christian men claim to follow Christ, but spend more time scrolling on their phones than feeding on His Word. You cannot follow a God you do not know. And you cannot know God apart from His self-revelation in Scripture.

The Word is not optional. Jesus said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). That is not a poetic idea. That is divine reality.

If you go days without reading your Bible, you are starving your soul. If you read it once a week, you are malnourished. If you skim it, you are playing with fire. Men, you must devour it. Return to it again and again. Study it until your mind is renewed and your heart is pierced.

Your Family Needs a Shepherd, Not a Spectator

If you are a husband, if you are a father, God has made you the head of your home. That is not a matter of pride, but of responsibility. You are called to lead. You are called to wash your wife in the Word (Ephesians 5:26). You are called to raise your children in the fear and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4).

You cannot do that if you are spiritually weak. You cannot lead others where you have not gone yourself. Are you waiting for your pastor to feed your family? Are you hoping your wife picks up the slack? That is cowardice. That is negligence. God has entrusted those souls to you.

Open the Bible in your home. Pray through it with your wife. Teach it to your children. Let them see that it is not dusty theology or dead religion. Let them see a man who trembles at God’s Word (Isaiah 66:2).

You Are in a War—Act Like It

Every day you wake up, you are at war. War against the world. War against the flesh. War against the devil. And your only weapon is the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God (Ephesians 6:17).

How many men march into battle spiritually unarmed? We think we can conquer sin with willpower. We think we can overcome temptation by accident. No. You fight lies with truth. You slay pride with the promises of God. You silence the enemy with Scripture.

But you cannot wield what you have not studied. The man who opens his Bible once a month is like a soldier who draws a sword he has never sharpened.

The Word of God Must Own You

I’m not talking about reading a few passages so you can check a box. I’m not talking about skimming a devotional while sipping your coffee. I’m talking about letting the Word of God invade your life, reorder your desires, expose your sin, and reshape your soul.

Psalm 1 says the blessed man “meditates on the law of the Lord day and night.” He is like a tree planted by streams of water. But the man who neglects the Word? He is like chaff—useless and tossed by the wind.

Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Colossians 3:16). Let it guide your decisions. Let it confront your compromise. Let it comfort you in sorrow. Let it define your manhood.

Stop Making Excuses

You say you don’t have time? Cancel Netflix or Disney+. Shut off your podcast. Stop the non-stop doom-scrolling on TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram. Wake up earlier in the morning. Stay up later. We make time for what we value. Do you value the Word of the living God?

You say it’s hard to understand? Then work at it. Find a mature brother to help you. Ask questions. Read it slowly. Pray for the Spirit’s help. God did not write the Bible to confuse His children. He wrote it to reveal Himself.

You say you’ve failed too much? Then repent and return. God’s Word is not for perfect men. It is for broken men who know they need grace.

Let me tell you about a brother I once knew. He was a regular guy. He had a blue-collar job and was married with two young kids. He wasn’t a theologian, and he didn’t grow up in church. But after he got saved in his late teens, he got hungry for Scripture.

He’d get home from his shift absolutely exhausted. He would then eat dinner with his family while he read them a chapter out of his tattered Bible every night. After he would tuck the kids in and read and prayed with his wife, he would again sit at the kitchen table with his worn-out Bible and a strong cup of coffee.

He didn’t scroll. He didn’t binge. He studied. Every night. He’d write out verses by hand. He’d memorize Scripture while driving into work and back home. He’d keep flashcards in his glovebox and quiz himself on breaks.

I asked him once, “Why go so hard with this?”

He looked me dead in the eye and said, “Because the devil doesn’t take a day off. And my kids need a dad who knows the Word.”

That man wasn’t flashy. He wasn’t famous. But he was faithful. And he had a profound impact on the people who encompassed his small circle, as well as his wife and kids.

And that, brothers, is what we need—men who take the Word of God seriously because they know what’s at stake.

A Final Plea

Brother, do not settle for surface-level Christianity. Do not settle for a secondhand faith. Stop living off someone else’s convictions. Open the Word. Eat it. Soak in it. Live it. Lead your family in it.

You will not stand in this age without it. You will not lead in this age without it. And you will not finish well without it.

Let the world mock. Let the culture rage. Let the flesh protest. But let the men of God cling to His Word like their lives depend on it.

Because they do.

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