WHERE IS YOUR DIGNITY?

Main Scriptures: Mal.1:6

More Scriptures: Job 22:8, Ps.111:3, 1Chro.29:28

I was in church when the pastor began to teach. In the course of his teaching, he shared with us the level of irresponsibility many potential men and husbands have gotten into. He told us that a lady came to his office to complain about her fiancé’s uncomplimentary attitude. She told the pastor that the fiancé was angry and unhappy with her because she sent him a lower denomination of recharge card to top up his phone. According to him, the lady sent N750 to her fiancé but the fiancé complained that the amount was too small. He reminded her that in his previous relationships, the ladies used to send N1,500. The pastor advised her to let him go. He prayed for her and encouraged her that God will send a responsible husband-to-be.

This is a true story and that has been the happening with most men, husbands and fathers. As the head of the family, where is your dignity, when you are dependent on your wife for your upkeep. Where is your honour if you expect your wife to pay the rent of the house, provide the money for the feeding and you look on as if it is your right and it is her responsibility? As the head of the family, we have the royal crown of glory and honour on our lives. We are not nonentities. We are kings and priests unto God to reign on the earth. Our glory and honour is the crown that our wives wear on their heads. Our wives are not made for us, we are made for them to function as their shepherd-provider, protector, guide, and much more-in their lives. Now look at this truth path. God created you first (Gen.1:26). Then He brought you and gave you a territory to work upon. (Gen.2:14). And when He put you in the Garden of Eden, He provided everything you would need that pertains to life and godliness so that you can work the ground and provide for your sheep. He saw the need for you to have a companion. He said that it is not good for you to be alone but you need a helper. So, He formed the woman out of you and brought her for you to name. And you called her woman. (Gen.2:18-22). All of these indicate that you have always been the principal person responsible to provide leadership to your wife and children. Anything less is an insult to your heritage as the head and a disgrace to the office of husbandhood, your wife and children.

So, if you are acting out like a sheep instead of a shepherd, I want you to challenge yourself. Get out of your comfort zone, get your hands engaged in legitimate work that you may have something to give to your sheep. That is where your honour and respect lies.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from the power and spirit of pride and self-deceit.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to live a responsible life.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to live out all the fullness of a godly husbandman.

FAITH CONFESSION   

I have found a new way of living, the way of covenant responsibility to my wife and children, and I fulfill my part of the covenant because that is what makes me the good and godly husband in Jesus Name. Amen.

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