Main Scriptures: 1 Cor.13:1-end
More Scriptures: 1Jn.5:17, 1Jn.4:20, Jn.3:16
A lot of the times as shepherds, we always think that to love is to receive so as a result we expect our sheep to give to us when we are supposed to give to them because we love them. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son……. (Jn.3:16).
So, by the grace of God and the help of the Person of the Holy Spirit, we shall be exploring the uncontestable power of love that God has commended you and I to demonstrate and give graciously and abundantly to our sheep, whether they behave well or not. My earnest prayer is that the Holy Spirit will stir up a revival in your heart to love your wife and children as Christ has loved the Church. As the shepherd of the sheep in your sheepfold, it is very important you understand that there are two important platforms that Jesus has created for you and your wife and children to show forth your heritage as the godly man, husband and father. The first platform He created is for your sheep-wife and children. They are to obey and submit to you. Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Honour thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise (Eph.6:1-2). The second that He made for you is to love your sheep as He has loved the Church.In Eph.5:24, the Scripture says, therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their on husbands in everything. And for you, God clearly states that you love your wife even as Christ has loved the church and gave himself for it.
Now looking at these two clearly defined functions that God has provided, you will discover that it is your singular honour to love your wife and children. So, the question you and I must ask ourselves as husbands are, first, what kind of love did God command me to extend to my wife? What are the attributes? How powerful is it? What picture of love is it? When God commands you to love your wife and children, He is not talking about earthly love or man-made love. He is talking about His kind of love, which is unconditional and sacrificial. The love is also so powerful that it can cover the multitude of sin and weakness of your wife and children. The love is so enduring that it is the only force that endures when every other thing fails. God is love personified. Love can turn a weak and irresponsible wife and children to people of dignity and honour. But let us highlight the attributes of this God-kind of love. Love suffers long. Love is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love does not prideful. Love does not behave unseemly. Love does is not selfish. Love does not get easily provoked. Love doesn’t think evil. Love does not rejoice when the other fails. Love rejoices in truth and it is fair. Love bears all things. Love believes all things. Love hopes all things. Love endures all things. Loves never fails (1Cor.13:1-8).
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, reveal to me the power and personality of the love of Christ.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, take me deeper in love with You and cause me to reflect it to my sheep.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from every trap of hatred and bitterness towards my wife and children.
FAITH CONFESSION
I have the Spirit of love spread abroad in my heart and I extend same to my wife and children because that is what makes me the good and godly husband in Jesus name. Amen.
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