Main Scriptures: Matt.11:11-12
More Scriptures: Lk.16:16, Zech.13:7, 1Tim.4:8
I want to begin today’s devotional by helping every husband realign his thinking to the truth that your call into husbandhood is a call into spiritual as well as physical warfare. It is becoming increasingly difficult to become the good and godly husband. Satan, sin and the world are working tirelessly to dethrone the husbandman from his enviable position as the head of his family. So that right from the beginning of creation, the husbandman has been the number one target of the devil. And this is what Jesus Christ, who is the perfect example of the good and godly husband says. From the day of John the Baptist, the kingdom of God suffers violence and only the violent takes it by force (Matt.11:12). But why? It is because you are the foundation upon which your wife and children are built. You are their sustainer. If anything happens to you, it impacts on the lives of your wife and children. The lives of your sheep are very important to God and you have the commandments to treat them as very important personalities (VIP). You hold the ace that can be bring about the positive changes you desire to see in the lives of your wife and children. The Scripture says strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter (Zech.13:7).
There are few areas where you must be prepared to fight. The first is your spiritual well-being. You must fight to secure your relationship and fellowship with God because that is the guaranteed source of wisdom, knowledge and understanding of how to handle your sheep. So, you must fight against anyone or anything that may want to take you away from studying the Bible, fellowshipping with other brethren and praying to God. You must never assume that you know anything. The second is your physical well-being. You must fight to secure your health and maintain it. God is interested in your spiritual life as much as He is in your physical body. And this is why the word of God says that bodily exercise profiteth little….(1Tim.4:8) .You must eat right, exercise and take some rest. It is not all foods that are good for your body. Some are poisons. You must develop and have self-control over your appetite for food and drink. The third is the quality of your relationship with your sheep. Satan wants to damage the healthiness of your conversation and friendship with your wife and children. You must not allow him. He paints negative pictures about your wife and children in your mind so that you hate them and treat them disrespectfully. And as a result, the heavens over you are shut. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. (1Pet.3:7). You must rise up and fight for your sheep and sheepfold. You are in command.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, give me victory over every battle against my sheep and sheepfold.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, pour upon me the spirit of faith so that I overcome obstacles.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, fill me with wisdom from on high so that I can treat my wife and children as You would.
FAITH CONFESSION
I am ready to fight THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH because I win always as a good and godly husband in Jesus name. Amen.
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