Main Scriptures: Gen.3:4-14
More Scriptures: 2Sam.12:13, Eph.6:4, Eph.5:25
When I woke up this morning to share today’s devotional, the Person of the Holy Spirit said these words to me, “let us rise above excuses”. And that is what I want to share with us. And we will be looking at the lives of two husbandmen. They are Adam and David.
Today, we find a lot of husbandmen who give excuses for doing what is wrong. He justifies why he beats up his wife, cheats on her or fails to live like the good and godly man, husband and father. And that explains why the husbandman has lost fellowship with God and influence in his the lives of his wife and children and home.
Now, this is the gist. David and Adam committed the same offence. Both husbands failed. They betrayed the trust that God has for them. They were both deceived by what they saw and the fell into sin. But while David immediately recognized that he had failed God, Adam tried to give reasons why he failed (Ps.51:812, Gen.3:4-10). As the head of your family kingdom, you must understand that God holds you in high esteem and would not tolerate any form of excuse. Your headship over your wife and children is very important to God. Repeatedly in Scriptures, God always holds the husbandman responsible for the success or failure of his family kingdom.
As the Spiritual leader in your home, your attitude when you fail is what determines God’s response to you. When you fall or do what is wrong to your wife and children or people outside, what is the state of your heart? Do you easily admit that you are wrong and take responsibility or you give excuses? As the shepherd over your wife and children, you have no excuse to give not to provide for them. God will not bless you because you are a head. He will bless you because you are ready to function as the good shepherd.
But how do I overcome the power of excuse? Firstly, you must appreciate the enormity of your position as the godly husbandman. God calls you into higher level of responsibilities and commitments to your wife and children. He has committed your wife and children to you so that you can keep, feed and nurture them (Gen.2:14-18, Eph.6:4, Eph.5:25). God will hold you accountable for what you did or didn’t do to them. Secondly, you must accept that you are a shepherd, pastor, prophet and king over your family kingdom. This understanding will make you to continually search the Scripture in order to find the word of God that will empower you to be like God to your sheep. Thirdly, you must contend with the spirit of excuse. When as a husband, you blame everyone and everything but you for your failures, it is a selfish spirit. It is the sin nature that manifested in the life of the first husband, Adam. And God hates it.
As you refuse to take the path of least resistance but engage yourself in those activities that would enhance your status as a husband and leader indeed, God will open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on you.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
· Father, by Your Spirit, empower me to engage the word in leading my wife and children.
· Father, by Your Spirit, baptize me with the spirit of revelation and boldness.
· Father, by the blood of Jesus Christ, deliver me from spiritual laziness and excuse.
FAITH CONFESSION
I tarry in the word of God to find out His will for my life, wife and children, and I take responsibility for their destinies because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman to them in Jesus name. Amen.
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