Main Scriptures: 1Timothy 3:3-8
More Scriptures: Gal.4:19, Ti.1:7, 1Cor.9:17
To be a husband and head of the sheepfold is a calling. God has called you out of the crowd and made you to lead your wife and children. Among the many men on the streets and in the world, you are one of the few with added position of the husbandhood. This means that you have a much higher calling than a bachelor because you have fulfilled God’s desire that it is not good for you to be alone (Gen.2:14-18). So, you are not just an ordinary man. You are a glorious and dignified personality called to fulfill an assignment here on earth, specifically in the lives of your sheep and sheepfold. This is why today’s devotional is important to you. And that is to say, your godly heritage as the husbandman is to feed your wife and children.
Now to feed your family is not just your oversight function but it is also your primary and fundamental responsibility, which you must do willingly and cheerfully with readiness of heart. It should be your joy that you are feeding your family with the needed nutrients for their growth and healthy development. Your children and wife should grow in glory and honour. They should be the joy and rejoicing of your life and the world. That is why God is telling you to feed your sheep. But what do I feed my wife and children with?
The first and most important diet to feed your wife and children with is spiritual diets. This includes teaching them the way of the Lord and praying them into God’s will for their lives and destinies (Gal.4:19); helping them to grow in the knowledge and fear of God in holiness and righteousness. You must give attention to God’s Word (Bible) to find out God’s commandments. Very importantly, be an example to them (1Peter 5 verse 3). Examples remain the most potent force in the office of the husbandhood. What you tolerate, your family will celebrate. If you live a lifestyle of iniquities, your family will celebrate it. This was the story of Ananias in Acts chapter 5. He lived a life of deceit and his wife Sapphira joined him and both of them died shamefully. Let your life speak more than your words. When you grow your family spiritually and become the godly examples, you provide a solid foundation of the right way for your wife and children and ultimately you shall receive a crown of glory that will never fade away. In verse 4 of 1 Peter chapter 5, God said you shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. Doing what the word of God says as the godly man, husband and father to your wife and children has great rewards that are far more than what the world may want to give you. You represent God to your wife and children. Feed them fat with God’s word and watch them become a delight to you and God.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me not give up on my wife and children.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, help me to remain focused on doing good to them
- Father, in the Name of Jesus and by Your Spirit help me to always understand my roles as the godly man, husband and father.
FAITH CONFESSION
I am empowered by the Spirit of God to teach and live the word of God to my wife and children because it is my heritage as the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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