Bible Texts: Col.3:10-14, Mk.9:29, Jer.43:12, Ezk.18:7, Acts 1:1, Jos.1:6-8, 2Tim.2:15, 2Cor.5:17, Eph.5:25, Col.4:19, Eph.6:4, Num.6:22
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Seythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all, and in all. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any, even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness (Col.3:11-14).
Reading from the Scripture above, you will see the virtues that God wants you to have, act and demonstrate as you lead your wife and children. God wants you to put on, like a new beautiful garment, mercies, kindness, humility of heart, meekness, patience, endurance, understanding, forgiveness, and love. These are the attitude that makes you the good and godly husbandman to your wife and children.
But do you why you have to possess and manifest these godly characters? The first is that you are an ambassador of Christ in your home. Your wife and children see the Person of Jesus Christ through you. They understand Jesus’s personality and character through your conduct, response and reaction. The second is that you have the mind of Christ because you are now born again. When you confess your sins and accept Jesus Christ into your life, your old nature of revenge, unforgiveness, hatred, pride and impatient dies in Christ. You are translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of Jesus Christ. So, manifesting these virtues fit you as the godly husbandman. The third is that your wife and children are not perfect. They have their weaknesses as well as their strengths. They will make mistakes. They will make errors of judgment either innocently or intentionally. Just as God shows you bowels of mercies, patience and forgiveness in your weaknesses and when you make mistakes, is exactly what He wants you to extend to your wife and children when they cross the lines.
However, for you to be able to live out these virtues as you lead your wife and children, you must give yourself to three important spiritual demands. Firstly, you must give attention to the study and meditation of the word of God. The more you read and think on the word of God, the more you become like Jesus Christ to your wife and children. Secondly, you must engage the weapon of prayer and fasting. These twin forces help you to build spiritual capacity to subdue the temptation to act like satan and the world. Thirdly, you must keep confessing who you are in Christ. This means you speak right words toward your wife and children. Rather than speak words of condemnation, you continue to say words of patience, forgiveness, hope, faith, mercies and kindness.
You must make your life to count in the lives of your wife and children. And you will achieve this when you put on the virtues that make you the good and godly husbandman.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, remove every ungodly dress I have won over the years.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, put on me Your nature and let me manifest them to my wife and children.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, make me to be like Jesus Christ to my wife and children.
FAITH CONFESSION
I put on the virtues of Jesus Christ and manifest same to my wife and children because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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Bro. Ebenezer O. Igure
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