Fighting for Milk?

What's that title supposed to mean? In the movie Cinderella Man , Russel Crowe, as prizefighter James Braddock, is asked at a press conference why his comeback is so successful. Braddock remembers the lean, interim years in his career, when the milkman would not deliver due to his unpaid bill. His children's hungry faces look up at him in his mind's eye.

Braddock: "I finally figured out what I'm fighting for."

Reporter: "Oh yeah? Whatcha fightin' for?"

Braddock: "Milk."

That's what we're doing, men. We work at our jobs, go to our meetings, serve in our churches, help out our neighbors. In the end, we come home to the people that God has placed directly under our care: our families; and we realize, this is who it's all for. This is where we have our best and most consistent opportunity to glorify God. Everyone else we communicate with has their own homes to go to; our families live with us. While we may have limited responsibility over others; our families have been placed wholly and directly under our care.

Let's encourage each other to honor God by being good stewards of the souls he has given us as our primary ministry.