Bible Texts: 1TimMk.1:21-22, Mk.9:29, Lk.18:1, Lev.6:9, Lk.10:19, Jn.3:5-7, 2Cor.5:19, Ps.24:1-2, Ps.1-1-3, Rom.5:5, Jn.3:16
And they went into Capernaum and straightaway on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. And they were astonished at his doctrine, for he taught them as one that had authority and not as the scribes (Mk.1:21-22).
Jesus Christ, who is the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman is a man of authority. He taught the people with power and deep knowledge. He owned His role as Christ and was in charge of the affairs of His calling while on earth. He understood the reason why He came to the earth. He sat with lawyers, philosophers and teachers to learn. And every He went, he did good and was triumphant.
That is who you are and called by God to be. You are a man of authority.
Now what does it mean for you to be called a man of authority?
It means that you have the capability to make right decisions and act rightly. As the husbandman, molesting your wife and children or breathing down their necks is not a sign of authority. It is called bullying. Screaming and forcing your ways down their throats even when it is not convenient for them is not authority but selfishness. Exercising your physical strength to beat up your wife is not authority but molestation. Abusing your wife and children and destroying their self-esteem is not authority but wickedness. Deny them your goodwill because they have offended you is not a show of authority but foolishness on your part.
The authority God wants you to prove that you have is to lead yourself and your wife and children in the ways of the Lord through the love of Christ. And Jesus said unto them, come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they forsook their nets and followed him (Mk.1:18). You must seek to have the God-kind of influence that will make your wife and children to follow you because that is the proof of your authority.
The authority God wants you to demonstrate that you have is to rebuke the works of satan, sin and the world in and around your life and the lives of your wife and children. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, hold thy peace and come of him (Mk.1:25). God has given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and not on your wife and children, and to overcome all the powers of the enemies and not overpowering your wife and children (Lk.10:19).
But for you to exercise the authority of God in your life, you must have a personal relationship with Him through His Son, Jesus Christ (Jn.3:5-7, 2Cor.5:19, Ps.24:1-2, Ps.1-1-3). Secondly, you must give attention to the study, meditation and obedience to the word of God (Jn.5:39, 2Tim.2:15, Jos.1:6-8). Thirdly, you must walk by faith and not by sight through the spirit of faith (Heb.11:1-6, Rom.10:10, Heb.11:32). Fourthly, you must walk in the love of Christ towards all people (Rom.5:5, Jn.3:16). Finally, you must engage the weapons of prayer and fasting and keep your prayer altar burning (Mk.9:29, Lk.18:1, Lev.6:9).
God has given you authority to make your calling as the husbandman effective and successful and for the blessing of your wife and children. Invest yourself in the demands of godly authority and become a man of good and godly influence at home, to your wife, children and in the market place of life.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, forgive me for misplaced use of authority.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, give me authority and power to function in the fullness of my calling.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to exercise Your kind of authority
FAITH CONFESSION
I walk in godly authority as I lead my life and the lives of my wife and children because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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