STAND UP FOR YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN

Main Scriptures: Ezk.22:29-30

More Scriptures: Jn.10:10, Jas.1:6-7, Ps.24:1-3

Extortion is rife, robbery is evidence, the poor and the needy are abused, outsiders are kicked around at will, with no access to justice. I LOOK FOR SOMEONE TO STAND UP FOR ME against all this, to repair the defences of the city, to take a stand for me and stand in the gap to protect this land so I wouldn’t have to destroy it. I couldn’t find anyone. Not one. (Ezk.23:29-30) MSG

I want every husband to examine the above Scriptures and glean some truths that will enhance your mentality of who you are and walk in the reality of the enormous power that God deposited inside of you as the head of your family. There was injustice in the land. The poor and the needy were abused and there seemed to be no one to help them. Armed robbery was rampant. Those who had valuable treasures lost them to thieves. God was not pleased, and He went searching for someone that will stand in the gap, but He found none. And who was He looking for? He was looking for the custodian of the city, the priest. If you consider the word of God in Jn.10:10, it clearly captures the type of calamity that befell the city of God. The thief cometh not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy…… (Jn.10:10a). All the negative events that occurred in Ezk.22:30 led to three cardinal assignments of the devil- to steal, to kill and to destroy.

Now, as the priest over your wife and children, you may have observed things that seem to steal, kill and destroy your wife and children.  It could be that your wife and children are being harassed by the devil. And yet it seems you are at a loss as regards what to do. You may have concluded that there is no hope. God is challenging you today to know that He wants to intervene, but He needs you to be available. He wants you to stand in the gap. God wants you to intercede in prayers for your wife and children. He doesn’t want satan to have the final say.

But how do I become the priest indeed for my wife and children? You lift your sheep in prayers, by faith. You access and receive from God by faith. He that comes to God must believe that he is and is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (Heb.11:6) (Heb.11:6, Jas.1:6-7). Also, as a priest, you must learn to engage your heavenly Father by asking pertinent questions or what could be responsible for the negative and unpleasant happenings in your sheepfold through the weapon of righteousness. Who shall ascend to hills, he that hath a clean hands…….(Ps.24:1).

God has all the answers you need to make you function in the fullness of your position as the good and godly husbandman. He wants to show you the ways to do it well. He wants to empower you to become an overcomer. But you have the responsibility to engage Him on the altar of prayer. Therefore, do not watch your sheep and your sheepfold disintegrate. Stand up to satan, sin and the world, stand in the gap because that is where your honour is as the good and godly priest to your wife and children.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, baptize me with the gate keeper’s anointing to watch over my wife and children.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, destroy the power of fear and doubt in my life and empower me to walk in faith.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to walk in holiness and in Your fear.

FAITH CONFESSION

I am an anointed intercessor for my wife and children and the sheepfold so that they can enjoy the fullness of God’s blessings because that is what defines my headship as the good and godly husbandman in Jesus Name. Amen.

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