Isaiah 22:22-24
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue.
The glory of God rests upon the head of the home. The weight and responsibility of being reliable is laid upon his shoulders. He is called to be fixed and fastened in order to provide a sure place for those under his care. Lineage and legacy hang in the balance and a rock of a man can make all the difference.
"The 'key's speak of safety and protection. The 'peg' speaks of firmness, strength, stability, and something not usually to the modern man's taste: staying put." — Elisabeth Elliot, The Shaping of a Christian Family
A man must be a peg in a sure place. He must be a load-bearing beam. Lives depend upon him. He must be able to support others. He is a board, like them of course, but he is a board that must support other boards. He must be fixed, firm, reliable, resolved, strong and stable.
Galatians 6:2-5
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden.
A man must bear his own load because he will be required to help carrying the loads of others. If he cannot carry himself with dignity, he will not be able to carry others with reliability.
Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Cornerstones cannot take vacations from their cathedrals without causing collateral damage.
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