Bible Texts: Eph.5:25-29, 1Pet.3:7-9, Matt.19:5, Rom.12:1-3, Gen.1:26-28, Eph.5:25, 1Cor.13:4-7, Rom.5:5, Philp.4:8, Eph.6:4, 1Pet.5:8, Eph.6:6, Rom.12:21
Yesterday, we rounded up the teaching on building the inner person of the husbandman to the end that he conducts, acts and responds to the issues of life as the good and godly husbandman. I pray in the name of Jesus that the spirit of God behind His word will gain root in your heart and bear fruits in your life.
Today, I want you and I to focus on our wife.
Let me begin by saying that if you had wanted to have a perfect wife from the beginning, you had made a mistake. And if you now wished that your wife never manifested any weakness, you are wrong. Your wife, just like you, has loads of past mistakes and weaknesses. So, it is suicidal to think that you will ever marry a finished wife. God did not design her that way and that is why He sent you to her to cherish and nurture. And for this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh (Matt.19:5) KJV.
What more? And you husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ showed the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by baptism and God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault (Eph.5:25-27) NLT.
The day you took the woman to become your lawful wedded wife is the day you assumed the responsibilities of being her pastor, priest, prophet, mentor and teacher. It is a lifetime assignment that you must fulfill in her life. So, beyond enjoying the status of being called her husband, you must be prepared to engage yourself in fulfilling the demands that come with the position of the husbandman.
It is for this reason that the Scripture admonishes you to treat her according to knowledge knowing that she has weakness and needs your support. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life that your prayers be not hindered (1Pet.3:7). Jesus Christ, who is the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman, appreciates all our weaknesses. While we are still sinners, He paid the ultimate price for our salvation. He died for our sins. It is this sacrificial life that God wants you to extend to your wife by loving her with her baggage. Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it (Eph.5:25).
But why would God want me to love my wife beyond her mistakes and errors? The first is because you are her head and saviour. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church and he is the savior of the body (Eph.5:23). The second is because you need to help her overcome some wrong values she may have grown with. And you do this by teaching her the Word of God through your conduct and utterances and by praying the Word of God into her life. That he (you) might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of the water by the word (Eph.5:26).
When you have built her up, God will reward you and there will be a crown of glory for you on the last day. That he (you) might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish (Eph.5:27).
Jesus Christ loves the church (you and me) inspite of our limitations and weaknesses. You can love your wife, notwithstanding her failings and weakness.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to function as the good and godly husbandman.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, give my wife a heart to receive my godly instructions.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, grant me wisdom and direct me on how to guide my wife into all truth.
FAITH CONFESSION
Because I am loved by Jesus Christ, notwithstanding my weaknesses and failings, I extend the same love to my wife beyond her faults and weaknesses and working to help her grow in grace and stature 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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