The Hearts of the Fathers

I have chosen this text for Father's Day because it speaks to us of the great need that we have as a society, and even in Christian families, for God to come to the hearts of both fathers and children and turn them to each other. When the hearts of children are turned toward their fathers, God is honored, and fathers are honored also. God literally and spiritually did this great thing through John the Baptist during the time of his ministry. We should pray that God would come in reviving power and do the same thing for us in our generation. What does it mean for us today when it says, “He will turn the hearts of fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers”? I believe that it means these three things. 1st of all – It will mean that the hearts of children will have understood more of the hearts of their fathers in relation to prophecy being fulfilled. (verses 1, 3, and 5) 2nd– It will mean that the Sun of Righteousness will have risen upon both fathers and the children with healing in His wings. (verse 3) 3rd– It will mean that the hearts of both the fathers and children will together remember the law of Moses so that God's curse will be averted and great blessing will come. (verses 4-6) In each of these points we will look at this in terms of what happened in the days of John the Baptist, and think about how we can apply them to our own day.