“I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man,
This was David’s charge to his son Solomon shortly before David passed from this life. And they have been preserved for us for a reason.
The Bible is full of areas telling us to be strong (Deuteronomy 31:6-7, Joshua 1:6-7, Psalm 27:14), and I especially like the reference above telling us to act like men. We have a similar statement from the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:11: When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. Paul was encouraging & building up the men in the church to indeed, act like men.
The same applies today for all of us “men” who in reality are acting like boys. Men, we are not children anymore. We are not little boys anymore. There was a time when we were children, but as we become men, we give up our childish ways. Nothing is standing in between us acting like boys vs men except for ourselves. Paul was encouraging the men to act with courage and strength in obedience to the Lord and with confidence in His power. As we are obedient to the Lord after we become believers, He will and does give us power and strength to move through life with courage and confidence, thanks to the Holy Spirit. We have to make a choice. Becoming a man doesn’t just happen. Paul mentions “when I became a man,” meaning, he made a decision to give up childish ways. Have you made that choice?