HUNGER FOR WHAT IS RIGHT

Main Scriptures: Matthew 5:6

More Scriptures: Is.51:1-2, Gal.3:13, 2Cor.9:8

I want to encourage you to thirst after and do what is right because it blesses you to do so. As the head of the family, it is what you pursue that comes to you and your family. And it is what you thirst after that determines how much you are willing to give to quench the thirst. You must understand that the lives of your wife and children are dependent on you. Your life has a way of influencing your wife and children and impacts in the way they conduct themselves. In Matt.5:6, the word of God says, blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. You cannot be filled with the capacity to do what is right to your wife and children until you are helped by the Holy Spirit when you desperately desire in our heart to want to do good to your sheep.

There are husbands who have taken their office as the head of the family casually and have become victims of divorce, separation and bitterness. Every day when you wake up, you must desire to abound unto good works according to 2Cor.9:8. In Is.51:1-2, the Word of God says that hearken to me, ye that FOLLOW AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS, ye that seek the Lord, look unto the rock whence ye are hewn and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father and unto Sarah that bare you…….. Abraham was a husband like you and I. But one thing that distinguishes him is his righteous walk with God and man. And by redemption you and I have become the seeds of Abraham (Gal.3:10-13). Your hallmark as the head of your family is holiness and righteousness. Therefore, as the leader of your home, you cannot sacrifice your wife and children at the expense of the temporary pleasures of this world.

But how do I thirst after and do what is right as the leader in my home? You need to do is to open your heart and be truthful before God by telling Him those areas of your life that you are struggling with. It may be that you are struggling with adultery, anger, pride, bitterness, stealing and much more. It is only when you sincerely come to God for help that He will show you mercy and extend help to you so that you can live the  life of purity and righteousness that ultimately impacts on your wife and children positively. Jesus Christ has given you power to think and live right (LK.10:19). Activate it.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, by Your blood, forgive and show me mercy for the life of filthiness and unrighteousness I have lived.
• Father, by the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, deliver me from the power of sin.
• Father, by Your Spirit, pour upon me the spirit of holiness and empower me to walk in that light.

FAITH CONFESSION

I seek after and do what is right to my wife, children and the world from the Word of God at all times because that is what makes me a good and godly husband in Jesus name. Amen.

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