When Men Stop Protecting
What if many of the problems that frustrate us today persist for one simple reason:
Too many men have stopped protecting?
From the beginning, a man’s call to protect was built into creation.
Genesis 2:15 tells us that God placed Adam in the garden “to work it and to keep it.”
That word keep doesn’t mean passive maintenance.
It means to guard, watch over, and protect from intrusion and harm.
So protection is not an add-on to masculinity.
It’s essential to what it
means to be a man.
A man who abdicates protection hasn’t merely dropped a task.
He’s surrendered a responsibility God entrusted to him.
Faithful men are not meant to be bystanders.
They watch and engage.
Protection takes many forms.
A man protects his family—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
He protects economically—by
planning, providing, and staying vigilant.
He protects his community—by standing for what is good, just, and ordered.
He protects the truth—by resisting lies,
confusion, and narratives that erode what God calls right.
Protection isn’t always dramatic.
Usually it just involves paying attention and maintaining a willingness to
act.
But when men fail to protect, consequences follow.
Evil advances.
Disorder grows.
Families weaken.
And communities fracture.
We would be better off—in our homes, churches, and communities—if men recovered their protective role.
Jesus shows us the model.
He calls Himself the Good Shepherd—the one who does not flee when danger comes.
Unlike the hireling, He does not step aside to preserve Himself.
He stands between the threat and those entrusted to Him.
He lays down His life for the sheep.
This is the pattern faithful men follow.
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong” (1 Cor. 16:3).
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