Holding the Line in a World Gone Mad

There’s something sacred about Father’s Day. At its best, it’s a celebration of godly strength, sacrificial love, and the quiet resilience of men who lead their families with truth and grace. However, more than ever, this Father’s Day, the world seems to be crying out for godly men to step up and live out their faith in Jesus passionately and boldly. 

Everywhere you look, darkness seems to be advancing. Evil is being called good, and good is being called evil. The truth is twisted, identity is confused, violence is rising, and antisemitism is growing. The family and marriage are under siege, and masculinity is being recast as something toxic rather than something strong and redemptive. 

However, the truth is that there is still hope. Men of God, this world is moving ostensively away from all that is noble and godly. Our hope is in the Lord, and that you will be a beacon of light in the darkness that seems to be overtaking the world. 

This Father’s Day, I believe God is calling His people—especially men of faith—to rise up with renewed spiritual strength, courage, and clarity. Not just to survive these times, but to leave a legacy of the Gospel in their family and community. Until the day the Lord calls His church home, be it soon or further away, courage and godliness will be the path guiding others toward the freedom of Calvary. 

We’re living in days described in Isaiah 5:20: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.” That verse is apparent in the headlines of the nightly news. From lawlessness in our cities to rising persecution around the world, from chaos in homes to confusion in schools, from natural disasters to tragic happenings, the storm is real and it’s intensifying. 

However, none of this should come as a surprise. Jesus told us these days would come. He warned of wars and rumors of wars, deception, natural disasters, betrayals, hatred, and lawlessness (Matthew 24). I believe these events are part of a global shaking and a prophetic convergence designed to wake us up and to make us alert in the later days. Days when men of God must be alert. 

Scripture is filled with examples of men who stood tall in dark times because they knew God. Think of Noah building an ark in a corrupt generation. Joshua and Caleb stepped into a land filled with giants. Daniel prayed boldly in Babylon. Joseph remained faithful in Egypt. Paul preached Christ in Rome. All of these men looked beyond the situation at hand and recognized the role God had ordained for them. It took boldness, strength, and grit. It took integrity, faith, courage, leadership, wisdom, and faithfulness. These are the traits needed by men in the Church today.  

Above all, we need men who will stand under the banner of Jesus, our Savior and Lord, who “set His face toward Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51), determined to fulfill His Father’s will. And the disciples took the mantle of the Great Commission to spread the Gospel around the world. That’s the kind of resolve we need now in dads, grandfathers, spiritual fathers, and every follower of Christ.  

Men, this is our moment to lead. To refuse passivity, reject fear, and model integrity. Men who will preach the Word, love our families, and train our children in righteousness. Men who will show the next generation that real strength under the Lordship of Christ is not toxic, but powerful. 

Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 16:13, “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” That kind of strength is not found in muscles of flesh, but in God. Remembering that we are not fighting for victory, but instead we are fighting in victory, as we await His return. 

So this Father’s Day, we celebrate the men who carry the weight of the world in prayer. The men who keep showing up as salt and light. The men who love fiercely and lead humbly. The men who cry out to God in weakness and rise again in His strength. Men who say, “Lord, use me” to boldly bring hope in a hopeless world. 

If you feel weary as you observe the world, I say “good.” You’re human. But take heart because hope has a name, and His name is Jesus. He is still on the throne, and He has not forgotten His people. He is coming again soon. Until then, may we be men and women of courage, prayer, and Gospel fire.