Bible Texts: Jn.3:14-17, Jn.14:18, Jn.16:24, Eph.5:25-27, Philp.2:5-8, Heb.12:2, Philp.3:10, Philp.2:13
The perfect will of God for you and I is to be like Jesus Christ in all aspect of our relationships with our wife, children and in the market place of life. God wants us to think, act, speak and conduct ourselves like Jesus Christ would as the good and godly husbandman. This is why you and I must follow after Jesus Christ in leading our wife and children. Looking unto Jesus Christ the Authour and Finisher of our faith (Heb.12:2)
Now consider the Bible passage in John Gospel chapter 3. The word of God speaks of the character of Jesus Christ, who became all that you and I will ever wished for. Jesus reflected the nature of God and became the saviour to all.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved. (Jn.3:14-17)
God sent Jesus Christ to save the world. God sent Jesus Christ to reconcile man back to God. God sent Jesus Christ to restore man back to his original state of glory, honour and dignity. God sent Jesus Christ to recover for man all that he had lost to satan, sin and the world. This is your mandate and the examples you must follow as the good and godly husbandman.
In Ephesians chapter 5, the Bible describes you as “the head (Eph.5:23)”, and “as Christ” in verse 25. This means that you are a type of Christ in your home and to your wife and children. As a Christ, God wants you to restore your wife and children to their state of beauty and honour. God wants you to help them recover whatever they may have lost either because of their faults or not. God wants you to help them return to a life righteousness. God wants you to save and protect them from ungodly influences. All that God wants you to become after the pattern of Jesus Christ is contained in these two Bible passages. Husbands, love thy wife as Christ has loved the Church (Eph.5:25). And, “fathers nurture thy children in the way and admonition of the Lord” (Eph.6:4). If you can love your wife as Christ has loved the Church and nurture your children in the way and admonition of the Lord, then you are indeed the good and godly husbandman.
However, for you to be like Jesus, you must be filled with knowledge of the word of God. The more you give attention to the word of Jesus Christ, the more His nature manifest in and through you. That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection….(Philp.3:10). Secondly, you must pray the nature of Jesus Christ into your life because only the power of God at work in you can enable you become like Him to your wife and children. For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose (Philp.2:13).
As you engage in these godly steps toward becoming the good and godly husbandman, you are leaving behind a lasting legacy for your wife and children. Make your life profitable to God, your wife, children and in the market place of life.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, teach me Your word.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to be like You to my wife and children.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, let my life be profitable to You, my wife and children and in the market place of life.
FAITH CONFESSION
I have the mind of Christ and I behave like Christ to my wife and children because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus mighty name. Amen.
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Bro. Ebenezer O. Igure
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