Bible Texts: Roms.12:1-3, 1Pet.5:8, Rom.12:21, Eph.6:6, Pro.23:7. Amos 6:1, Jn.14:26
As a man thinks in his heart so is he…. (Pro.23:7)
If you can guard your thoughts, you can transform your life. I have come to discover that the mind is the most powerful force in the life any husbandman. It is the mind that influences our action, response and conduct. I also observe that no husbandman can detach the quality of his life from the quality of his mind because, as a man thinks in his heart, so he is. So, the battle ground where you win is your mind. I call it the mind war. And that is why today’s Scripture is important for you and me, who have been ordained by God to lead our sheep.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world but BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, that ye may prove what is good and perfect will of God (Rom.12:1-3).
Please, pay attention to this word from Scriptures. “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind”. Do you want to prove to your wife and children what is good from the word of God? Do you want to do the perfect will of God as the good and godly man, husband and father? You settle it first in your mind-your thoughts.
You must understand that the first war you fight is the mind-war. It is the greatest battle you must fight in your quest to become the good and godly husbandman to your wife and children. If you can win in your mind, you have won the battle on the outside. For instance, bitterness, unforgiveness, adultery, malice, hatred, weakness, laziness and much more are issues that first start from the heart. As the spiritual authority in your family fold, it is important for you to know that the origin of your lack of compassion toward your wife and children; the mistrust you have against your wife; and other negative challenges you may be having with your sheep, began its journey in your mind. If you can change your thought pattern, you will experience righteous transformation in your life and in your relationship with your wife and children. This is why you must continue to feed your mind with the right nutrients-the word of God. The more you feed your mind with the perfect law of liberty which is the word of God, the more you think, act, talk and conduct your life as the good and godly man, husband and father.
You must also keep a continuous check on your mind by being spiritually alert. Be alert and sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour (1Pet.5:8). You must engage the Person of the Holy Spirit to prompt you when your thoughts are contrary to the word and precepts of the Bible (Jn.14:26). Woe unto them that at ease in Zion…(Amos 6:1). It is dangerous to be careless with what goes into our minds because it will make us act ungodly to our sheep.
Guard your heart diligently because out of it are the issues that make you the good and godly husbandman to your wife, children and in the market place of life.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to renew my mind by Your word and help me to do Your will.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to overcome evil with good.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, make my life to count positively in my family and in the lives of my wife and children and the marketplace of life.
FAITH CONFESSION
I feed my mind with the nutrients from the word of God and by it I am empowered to do the perfect will of God to my wife and children because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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