Father’s Day 2026

The Lord’s insight.  To learn to be a father you must learn to be a son.

2 Samuel 7:14” “I will be his Father, and he shall be My son.”

2 Corinthians 6:18: “I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters.  Says the Lord Almighty.”

Today is the day in 2026 that we acknowledge and honor the fathers we have among us.  We include those fathers who were; those who are; and those who will be.  It is fitting to have a day like today because there is probably nothing more important to man than being a believer and being a father.

I have often said, there are some important things we must be that we don’t have a “how to” book written plainly for that.  Being a father is one of those things.  God did not overlook this.  That’s because He made Himself the example all men need on how to be a father.

In 2 Samual 7:14, God is speaking to Samuel about King David and his son Solomon.  God is telling Samuel to tell David that God Himself would be a father to Solomon and that Solomon would be a son to God.

And like that, in 2 Corinthians 6:18 God is talking to His people when He says, “I will be your Father, and you shall be my sons and daughters.” If you are going to be a father to anyone you must first learn how to be a son to your father.

You may not think you have a good example of an earthly father that would make you want to learn how to be a son to him.  But you have a Heavenly Father Who still requires you to be a son.  So lets make Father’s Day 2026 the day we focus on learning how to be sons so that we can learn how to be the fathers we ought to be.

Here are some things God expects from us as His sons. These are things we should give to God the Father and to our earthly fathers.

Respect: Sons respect their fathers no matter what the father does or does not do.

Reflect: Sons reflect the best things about their fathers no matter how great or small those things may be.

Responsible: Sons remain responsible toward their father no matter if they are home or on their own.

Reject: Sons reject their sense of self so that they demonstrate the father’s sense of selflessness.

Repeat: Sons learn from and repeat the things they learn from their fathers so that the father’s training is seen in the sons’ behaviors.

As much as people today want to break from their parents and be their own persons, fathers are never permitted to break away from being sons to their fathers and they are never permitted to stop being fathers to their sons.

God says He will be our father.  This is a commitment to us that will never end.  He will teach each of us how to love and how to deny the self and seek what is best for our sons and daughters.  He will teach us how to be teachable so that we can teach our own.  He will show us how to love so that we learn how to show love to our own.

All that the Father wants from us as fathers is revealed to us in the things He wants from us as sons. If you don’t care about the type of father you are, you are probably not the son you ought to be towards your father.  If you want to be a better father to your children, learn to be a better son to your father.

Scripture tells the father’s children they must honor their parents.  You fathers must be the type of fathers your sons and daughters will find it easy and desiring to give you their honor. Don’t make it difficult for your sons and daughters to be blessed by the Father by honoring you.

God is this way with us; He expects us to be this way with our own.

Have a great Father’s Day today.  And be a greater, better father in all the days to come for you.

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