Bible Texts: Mk.6:30-34, 1Sam.30:6, 1Pet.5:2, Is.55:3-5, Jn.14:26, Lk.18:1, Mk.9:29, Jer.33:3
So, the usual crowd was there as he stepped from the boat and he had pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd and he taught them many things they needed to know. Late in the afternoon his disciples came to him and said, “Tell the people to go away to the nearby villages and farms and buy themselves some food, for there is nothing to eat there in this desolate spot and it is getting late. But Jesus said,” You feed them”. “With what” they asked. It would take a fortune to buy food for all this crowd!”
“How much food do we have? He asked. “Go and find out”. They came back to report that there were five loaves of bread and two fish. And Jesus told the crowd to sit down, and soon colourful groups of fifty or a hundred each were sitting on the ground on the green grass. He took the five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven, gave thanks for the food. Breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave some of the bread and fish to each disciple to place before the people. And the crowd ate until they could hold no more. (Mk.6:32-40) TLB
Today’s text quite long but I chose to write down the entire verses because I want you follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ, who is the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman. I want you to discover the power of the Holy Spirit that is inside you, capable of solving every challenge between you and your wife and children and in your sheepfold. I desire to bring to your knowledge that God made you the head and has placed you as the good shepherd in your sheepfold so that you can influence them for God and good. I trust the Holy Spirit that as you meditate on the word of God on this subject, you will be challenged to be at the forefront of providing solution to the challenges that may confront your wife and children.
Our main Scripture today tells us about a leader who was influential. It was about Jesus Christ and the challenge of feeding the large crowd that followed Him. He was the Shepherd and He had sheep (people) who followed Him the same way God has ordained you as the good shepherd with your wife and children following you. He found solution to the hunger need of the people He led, even when His disciples advised Him to send the followers away hungry. He refused to let them go hungry. He took the initiatives to solve the problem-He fed them all. And as a result, He commanded enormous influence over them that they did not want to leave His company. This is the nature you have as the godly husbandman. So, if you can solve problems, you will never lack influence in the lives of your wife and children.
The same life that Jesus lived while He walked on earth, as the good and godly husbandman, has been transferred to you through His death and resurrection, which is available to you and I through new birth-salvation. The Scripture says, let this mind be in you even the mind of Christ.
But how do I become creative as the good and godly husbandman, commanding influence over my wife and children? The first is that you must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ by accepting Him as your Lord and personal savior. The second is that you must engage and keep developing your relationship with the Person of the Holy Spirit. I will send the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, who will teach you all things……(Jn.14:26). The Person of the Holy Spirit is your greatest asset in your quest in having solutions to the challenges and direction of life. The third is that you must be spiritually alert through the weapon of prayers. Jesus speaking says, men ought to always pray and not faint (Lk.18:1). And in Jeremiah chapter 33:3, the Bible says, call unto me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things that ye know not (Jer.33.3).
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to take the initiatives to always provide help to my wife and children.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from fear, doubt and pride but fill me with the spirit of humility and courage to serve.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, pour upon me and fill my heart with the Spirit of wisdom and knowledge and a sound mind.
FAITH CONFESSION
I take the initiative to always continue to provide help and support 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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