Family - The Government of Heaven

Malachi 4:5-6

 "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet 

Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,

And the hearts of the children to their fathers,

Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” 

Family is the government of Heaven.  God is a family man.  Look at the Trinity.  There is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  They are incomplete without each other.  Look at Adam and Eve.  Adam was incomplete without Eve even though he lived in Paradise and walked with God.  The importance of family is huge to Papa God.  He holds this design of His closer to His heart than any of His other designs.  It is His secret weapon.  

That is why the enemy is so set on destroying the family unit.  Family is under attack.  In our society, the value of family is decreasing by the day.  Marriage covenants are being flippantly tossed out the window.  Rebellion is filling the hearts of children toward their parents.  Offense and unforgiveness are as cold fingers, prying loved ones apart.  Orphans fill our streets.  They may be masked with success, titles of importance, popularity statuses, etc...  But beneath the surface are little boys and little girls who have never known what it is to have a real father and a real mother.

Over the past few months the Lord has been highlighting to me the great importance of family.  We were never meant to be alone.  We were meant to belong to a family unit, to be known and to be loved as we are.  When we devalue family, we devalue the very heart of God.  It is through family that revival will be sustained.  Each of us must have fathers and mothers in our lives who speak wisdom and direction into us.  We must have people that come alongside of us and will run the race with us.

I feel like I have been richly blessed in the past with wonderful family units.  And the great thing about family, is that it's always expanding.  God is always bringing us new faces that will become brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers.  I love how the Kingdom of God is one big body!