“So goes the men in the church, so goes the culture in the world.”
I’ve been inspired by reading The Titus Ten (by J. Josh Smith, 2022). The book is a great reminder to be bold, brave, dependable, loving, consistent, and faithful.
Here are three things that godley men do.
Loves the church
If you’re not sacrificially attending, serving, and supporting a local church, you cannot become the man God wants you to be. We’ve often heard that the Christian community is one of the foundations of growing in faith.
If you’re not sacrificially attending, serving, and supporting a local church, you cannot become the man God wants you to be.
Josh Smith
Works hard
Most of us understand the concept of hard work, but there’s also a growing trend in our culture to get by on the bare minimum. Of course, work-life balance is essential and, in many ways, is driving some of the workforce trends (working from home, flex time, etc). However, there are also more concerning trends/habits that don’t honor the man, his employer, or his family. No one should be a harder worker, a better employee, or a better boss than the man who follows Christ.
When a man arrives home, he should continue to keep the plow at hand – working hard for his family. There are things the man needs to do, and being lazy isn’t one of them.
No one should be a harder worker, a better employee, or a better boss than a man who follows Jesus.
Josh Smith
Does not confuse identity with assignments
Confusing your identity with your assignments happens so easily. We start believing we are what we do.
The key is to know who we are in Christ and allow our work, careers, and jobs to flow out of that understanding. Our identity is the foundation for everything else.
If we base who we are on our careers, we are always teetering on failure and hopelessness. No matter what we do, success is always up and down, depending on the season or even the day.
What you do is not who you are.
Josh Smith
