Deuteronomy 33, Matthew 12
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March 2, 2010
Defending Our Tents
Deuteronomy 33, Matthew 12
EARS TO HEAR is the radio ministry of FAMILIES. BY GOD. For EARS TO HEAR, here’s Tim Glisson.
Men of Issachar, the Bible tells us, were Godly men who understood the times and knew what to do.
Descendants of Jacob they were of the twelve tribes of Israel. Defendants of David, they were among his mighty men.
So in David’s victories over the Philistines, in the Kings conquests of the Moabites, the Ammorites, the Syrians and Rabbah, what were the men of Issachar doing?
Tending to the home front of course. Deuteronomy 33 reveals that while their blood brothers of Zebulon were defending the high seas, they of Issachar were assigned to… their tents. Not battlefields abroad but domestic fronts at home.
It’s a lesson we of 21st century America would do well to heed. America’s men are absent from home in record numbers and it’s killing us: literally. 63 percent of youth suicides are fatherless, as are 85 percent of teen prisoners and 90 percent of runaways.
In 1960 5 out of every 100 babies were born to unwed moms, today that number is 36.
Jesus tells us in Matthew chapter 12 that when a strong man is bound the devil marches in and spoils his goods. Strong men are falling prey to the devil’s lies: discipline is old school, adultery is cool, the only rules are there are no rules. And children are dying…on the vine. Dads are absent, fathers are vacating, Men of Issachar, America needs you.
If you have EARS to HEAR God’s heart for His children, please visit our website at FAMILIESBYGOD.org. For EARS TO HEAR, I’m Tim Glisson.
