The Seven Men A Man Has To Be Pt.2

2. The Policeman

A man has to be a the policeman of the family. He has to keep peace and order in the home. A policeman's motto is " To Protect and To Serve ". The policeman has to protect his family and serve the community that is his family.
Being the policeman of the family can sometimes be a hard job. It's hard because when the husband and father has to put on the mantle of policeman, he sometimes makes himself the bad guy, even if it is for the right reasons. Some people don't like policemen and want to complain about the way they do things. Basically, what they are really upset about is the fact they aren't being allowed to do wrong and get away with it. That's the reason you have people who oppose Christians and anything moral. They want to be able to sin and get away with it.
As the policeman a man has to assert his authority. He has to hold his position of authority and inforce/backup his authority with out forcing his authority. When he sees a potential situation he has to step in and put a stop to it. When there is a situation, i.e. between children, he has to find out the facts like a policeman would and then decide the proper course of action.
It is the policeman's job to protect citizens from anything criminal. This could translate into protecting the innocence of his family from " criminal/immoral " things.
I had the privilage of spending a week and a half with a friend of mine who was the police chief of a town near where I live. During that week I was present when someone who had commited a crime was confronted and dealt with in an easy yet lawful manner. I was privey to an on going investigation of a crime. I helped in the search for a potentially dangerous escapee. All these things were in the confines of a policemans duty to "Protect and Serve". We as men must take our places as the policeman, as the just authority of the home and as the policeman be an example of those things.

In Christ, Kevin