Bible Texts: Ps.51:10-17, Rom.12:21, Col.3:19, Eph.4:31, Philp.2:5, Matt.11:29, 2Cor.5:17
Let me start by saying that until you are broken as a shepherd, you will never attain the fullness of the potential that God has deposited inside you. So, the question before you today is this. As the head of your family and a leader who desires to be like Jesus Christ to his wife, children and the people around, are you humble? Do you receive the correction and admonition from God and His word with gladness? Do you also receive correction from your wife and children with gladness of heart and with full responsibility or you become offended?
Humility is an important requirement for every husbandman who desires to be good and godly. God wants a broken husbandman rather than a proud shepherd. It is this understanding that David had that he prayed this prayer in Psalms chapter 51 and verse 10. Create in me a clean heart O God, and renew a right spirit within me. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, O God thou wilt not despise. (Ps.51:10,17). God is more interested in your brokenness than your sacrifices because your brokenness gives Him the opportunity to mould you and make you to be like Him to your wife and children and the world.
It may be true that your wife and children may not be as educated you are. They may also not be as exposed and experienced as you are. Notwithstanding their limitations, they have something to offer to you that will make your life better. The Scripture says, out of the mouth of babes and suckling shall proceed forth strength (Ps.8:2). Your wife and children may not make sense when they point out your errors but if you are sensitive you would note the wisdom in their corrections.
So how do I become humble and not be bitter towards my wife and children when I am corrected? The first step is for you to make Jesus Christ the Lord over your life and this includes your spirit, soul, body, finances, relationships, emotions, and will. In Acts of the Apostles chapter 10, the word of God says the word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: He is Lord of all (Acts 10:36). When Jesus Christ becomes the Lord over all that you have and know, it becomes easier for you to accept His corrections and the corrections of your wife and children.
The second step is for you to pray to God to stir up the power of His word in your mind so that He can instruct and guide you. The Scripture has this to say. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ (1Cor.2:16). Thirdly, you must continue to resist the tradition and culture of the world by ensuring that your decisions and actions are ruled by what the word of God says.
And as you learn to be humbled and small in God’s eyes, God will elevate you and make you the good and godly husbandman to your wife and children.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, I surrender my all to You and please have my all.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from the culture and tradition of the world that is contrary to Your word.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, help me to acknowledge my mistakes and empower me to receive corrections with gladness of heart.
FAITH CONFESSION
I surrender my all to God, my Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit so that I can receive corrections and be taught on how to function as the good and godly husbandman to my wife and children in Jesus Name. Amen.
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Bro. Ebenezer O. Igure
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