1 Corinthians 4:15. “For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.”
INSTRUCTORS OR FATHERS. Instructors have a role to fill. They are often able to give reasons, types, and illustrations of truths that God intends to be real for us. To carry out what God wants and then teach me how to do it right is what an instructor is for. He can make plain to an inquiring mind things that are hard to understand.
When a father teaches, he takes personally all he is teaching to his son or daughter. He would face them, look them in the eye, make clear that what he is going to say is important, and then say precisely what needs to be said. His emotional involvement would be evident to the child. His real care for their understanding would be in the tone of voice, the pressure of the hand, and the expression on the face. There would be no question that he wanted the child to understand and get it right. The form of a thing would have no value.
“Father, You have shown me in many ways that what I say and do is important to Thee. Help me to be a father- instructor, not just an instructor. Amen.”