Main Scripture: Ezk.34:14-16
More Scriptures: Jn.10:11, Gen.13:2, Acts 10:2
I will feed them in a good pasture and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be, there shall they lie in good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord. I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them with judgment. Ezk.34:14-16. I was in church on a particular Sunday service when my Greatest Teacher and Helper, the Person of the Holy Spirit, began to expand these verses of Scripture to me and how it relates to husbands. It was an explosive encounter that has continued to help me to become all that God wants me to be as the godly man, husband and father to my wife and children and the world. And by the grace of God, I want to share revelation with every husband how we can take advantage of these demands to maintain his headship in his sheepfold.
Every husband is a shepherd ordained to oversee his sheep. A shepherd in the literal meaning is someone who has the responsibility to lead herds of cattle. The shepherd is more like the head. So, when God made you to be the head in your family, He actually designed you to function, not just as a shepherd but a good one (Jn.10:11). From the main Scripture today, the word of God gives graphic details of the demands of a good shepherd. The first is FEED THE FLOCK. As a good shepherd, it is your primary and principal responsibility to feed your wife and children and not the other way. Your job is to ensure that you provide for their spiritual, financial, material, mental, emotional and physical needs. It is your covenant responsibility to guide your flock through the word of God, praying with them and providing answers to some of the questions that bother them. You cannot and must not abdicate your spiritual responsibility to your wife or your pastor. You must also continually stand upon the watchtower, interceding for their lives. Furthermore, it is your covenant responsibility to work hard and be diligent in your work so that you can have possessions to hand over to your sheep. It is a shame and dishonourable for you to depend on your parents for financial and material handouts. God was a worker, and we all can see the fruits- firmaments, beautiful skies, oceans and seas. Abraham was a worker, and we saw the fruits in the lives of his family (Gen.13:2, Gen.24:1). You owe your sheep the responsibility to provide their emotional needs also. This demands that you affirm them rather than condemn them, building their self-confidence rather than kill it.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to feed my sheep with the right nutrients.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me with all I need to know to feed my sheep.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to be a good and godly shepherd to my flock.
FAITH CONFESSION
I have decided to feed my sheep with good and godly nutrients because that is what gives value to my headship as a good and godly husband in Jesus Name. Amen.
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