Main Scriptures: Mark 3:23-27
More Scriptures: Gen.4:2, 1Sam.17:20, 1 Chro.19:9
If you are very familiar with A-class events, you will observe some hefty men who take position at strategic entry point of the venue of the event. These men are called bouncers. My wife recently attended a wedding in the South Western part of Nigeria and she acknowledged this fact. These bouncers ensure that only those who were invited to the event gain access into the hall. These bouncers are strong physically and very alert. It would be very difficult for uninvited person to break through the bouncers . So, you can relate with the Scripture below to understand that you are a bouncer. You are the strong man.
“And he called them unto him and said unto them in parables, how can satan cast out satan? And if a KINGDOM be divided against itself, that KINGDOM cannot stand. And if a HOUSE be divided against itself, that HOUSE cannot stand. And if satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. NO MAN CAN ENTER INTO A STRONG MAN’S HOUSE, AND SPOIL HIS GOODS, EXCEPT HE WILL FIRST BIND THE STRONG MAN, AND THEM HE WILL SPOIL HIS HOUSE (Mk.3:23-27).
No intruder has the right to enter your house, except you permit it. No uninvited elements can break into your sheepfold if you don’t allow them. You are like that bouncers around the venue of the event. You are strong, watchful and firm. As the head of the family, you have been called unto greater responsibilities- to keep and secure your wife and children against the devil, sin and the world. God has entrusted into your hands the lives of your wife and children. If anything happens to them, God will hold you accountable, just the same way he held the first husband, Adam, accountable for the failure of his wife and family in Gen.3:9. Sadly, husbands have left their gates wide opened for the enemy to come through and that has accounted for the increasing cases of wayward and irresponsible families around the world today, particularly Christian families. Many husbandmen cannot explain what has happened to their wives and children. They sense that their families have derailed but cannot place their hands on the root cause. Keeping the gate shut against the torrent of evil is not a function of your position or title. If you don’t wake up to keep watch over your gates, you will sooner than later realize that your wife and children have turned into an uncontrollable elements that may cause you pains and heart ache in the future. Now is the time to keep your family fold secured.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me with all round fitness for the security of my sheepfold.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, close every opening through which the devil has entered my home.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, make me a watchful shepherd over my wife, children and sheepfold.
FAITH CONFESSION
I am a divine bouncer and I secure my sheep and sheepfold from every intruder because that is what makes me a good and godly husband in Jesus name. Amen.
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