Main Scriptures: Gen.2:14-25
More Scriptures: Col. 3:21, Ps.22:4, Jer.11:4
As we conclude this series, I am confident in Chris Jesus that you have taken personal responsibility to do those things that God wants you to do towards becoming the good and godly father to your wife and children. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that you will not fail God, your wife, children and the world as the good and godly father.
What is next for you? You must design a road map or blueprint for your children. What do I mean by a blueprint? I mean godly direction- that is what they should do, how they should go about what they do, when they should do what they are supposed to do and why they should do what they are doing.
In Deuteronomy chapter 6, the word of God clearly tells you what it means to be the primary architect of designing the road map for your children.
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou risest up (Deut.6:1,8).
It is your responsibility to show your children the way to go, because you are the father-figure that represents the life of Jesus Christ. The same way the Church is looking up to Jesus for direction so are your children looking up to you. It is not the duty of your wife or the society to design the road map. It is your principal responsibility. Your wife would only execute the plan you have laid for the children. Furthermore, the raw materials you will need to design the road map are contained in the Word of God-The Bible- and not from the rudiments or traditions of the world. The word of God is fool-proof and it endures the test of time.
But how do I go about functioning as the good and godly father? Firstly, you must acknowledge that you are a teacher of the word of God. Secondly, you must agree that you have been commanded by God to live and teach the principles of the Bible to your children. Altogether, you talk to them as you sit with them over dinner and when you walk with them. You also teach them when they are about to go to sleep at night and when they wake up in the morning. You must learn to take advantage of every moment to minister God’s word to your children.
When you commit to doing this noble assignment willingly and faithfully, you enjoy peace at your old age. Abraham fathered his son, Isaac so well that he had peace at his old age. And Abraham was old and well-stricken in age and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things (Gen.24:1). You will also have positioned your children to walk through life without compromising their values for temporary gains.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to be a good and godly influence to my wife and children
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from hurting my wife and children.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, help me not give up on my wife and children.
FAITH CONFESSION
I take the lead in nurturing and admonishing my wife and children as their father and as commanded by God because that is what defines my roles as the good and godly husbandman in my sheepfold in Jesus name. Amen
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