06/21/2026
Matthew 2:13 – And when (the wise men) were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Joseph, Jesus’ earthly father, was a man of faith.
Think about it! It takes faith to pack your bags and head off to a foreign country with no prospect and no planning, to simply go on the basis that the Lord said so.
Joseph had faith. He obeyed every dream from the Lord. He could have made excuses. He could have argued that to stay put would have been so much easier. But no! Joseph was ever seen leaning on the Lord. Joseph was a man of faith.
Fathers, our faith will speak to our children! We need to raise them in an environment of faith in the Lord.
And as a man of faith, Joseph was faithful in spiritual duty. Joseph set an example for his family. Joseph went to the Temple. He attended the feast celebrations. “Now (Jesus’) parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover“(Lk2:41).
Joseph was regular in going to God’s house. Dads, our kids are watching our faithfulness.
Dads, believers!, when our hope is fixed in Jesus Christ and we are relying on the faithfulness of God, we will not waver!
“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching“(Hb10:24-25).
Fellowship with God is never selfish. We fellowship with other Christians too!
It is interesting. The emphasis here it not on what we get out of faithfulness in attending church, but rather, what we contribute by our faithfulness. Our faithfulness encourages others. And it provokes us all to love and to good works.
Dads, we need to be men of faith, men who are faithful to our spiritual duties.