LOOK FROM WHERE YOU ARE (2)

Main Scriptures: Gen.13:14-15

More Scriptures: Jer.29:11, Gen.15:15, Gen.17:1

Yesterday, by the help of the Holy Spirit, we understood that as the head of our families, we cannot separate the instructions in the word of God from our functions as husbands and spiritual leaders of our family kingdom. And if we must make the most of our responsibility as the good and godly man, husband and father, we must learn to look away from the faults and weaknesses of our sheep and focus on what the Bible has said concerning them.

Now, let us consider the next spiritual demand. As a husband, you must maintain a consistent prayer life by praying for your eyes of understand to be opened to see what God is saying from His word. This is so important because the more you see what God has said concerning your role as the godly man, husband and father, the better you relate with your sheep. In Eph. 1:18, the Scripture says, I pray that your eyes of understanding be enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. You must keep mentioning in your prayer your need for grace from above that will make you to grow unto maturity (Gen.17:1). Your ability to look from where you are with your wife and children to where God has ordained for them is beyond a mere resolution. It is more than just a wish. It is much more than your physical or mental strength. You have to be helped by God through His Holy Spirit. Without the help of the Spirit of God, you will continue to struggle to lead your sheep.

The Holy Spirit empowers. He makes you to do the impossible and the extraordinary. When the Holy Spirit empowered the apostles in Acts 2, they began to speak in other languages. Peter who was timid and fearful became a man who led many people to Christ. So, you get His help on the altar of prayer. Being a praying husband is not just to meet your need for a house, car, job, children, promotion, business breakthrough or even food. Prayer is the best platform to receive power from on high to function maximally as God had planned. Now, what blessing do you enjoy if you look to him? First, your wife and children will attain their full potential in Christ. The Scripture says in Jer.29:11, for I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end. God has great plans for your flock. You have to help them live it. Secondly, you enjoy peace round about. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and thou shalt be buried in a good old age (Gen.15:15). You enjoy peace of mind with your flock when you learn to look away from the standpoint of their failures. And this peace of mind translates to good health, strength and vitality.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from spiritual blindness
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, give me seeing eyes and hearing ears.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to be perfect in my walk with You and my flock

FAITH CONFESSION

I look away from the weakness and faults of my wife and children and receive help from the Holy Ghost to see into a glorious future because that is my honour as the good and godly husband in Jesus Name. Amen.

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