Bible Texts: Matt.16:18, Jn.10:29, Mk.9:29, Jn.10:9, 2Cor.5:17, Jn.15:3-5, Pro.4:20-22, Ps.1:1-3, Jn.5:39, Rom.5:5, 2Tim.2:15, Jos.1:6-8, Ps.1:1-3
Let’s begin today’s teaching by establishing the mind of God for the husbandman and what God expects from him.
The husbandman is the good and godly shepherd. He is in charge of his family. God commands him to provide leadership in the home and in the lives of his wife and children. God also wants him to build his home, his wife and children on the foundation of Jesus Christ. This is because the office of the husbandman is precious in the eyes of God. He ordains it and doesn’t want the husbandman to lose the relevance of his position to satan, sin and the world (Jn.10:10).
The thief cometh but to steal, to kill and to destroy……..(Jn.10:10)
There is a fierce battle against the husbandman. Satan, sin and the world are fighting to destroy the husbandman and this has resulted in so many husbandmen living a confused and struggling life, unable to fulfill God’s mandate for their lives as good and godly shepherd. But by the word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, you can overcome the onslaught of the adversary. And that is why God wants you to build your life and your home on the unshakable foundation of the word of God.
And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Matt.16:18)
Building your position and home on the rock is the only security you have against the attacks of satan, sin and the world.
Now, what is the rock? The rock is Jesus Christ, and He has provided you the materials you need to build, which is the word of God- the Bible.
As the husbandman, you need the word of God to build your life, wife, children and home. The word of God does not only build, it also protects and sustains. The word of God also repels the arrows of the enemy shot at you or your sheep. The word of God provides a covering over and against ungodly influences. That is the power in the word of God.
But for you to build on the Rock, you must spend time with the word of God. Whatever you don’t spend time for will not yield the needed harvest (Pro.4:20-22). You also must meditate and reflect on the word of God with the intention to do what it says and act like it says. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law doeth he meditate day and night (Ps.1:1-3).
As you take in God’s word into your spirit man, it helps you build a strong foundation for your life and family kingdom. You must understand that your position as the head of the family is spiritual, so it will take spiritual inputs to sustain it. You must also continue to engage the forces of prayer and fasting as your lifestyle because that is what empowers the word of God to make the impact you want in your life and that of your wife and children (Mk.9:29).
As the good and godly husbandman, you must take your leadership position very seriously because it is a calling from God and it is the greatest opportunity God has provided for you to lead and inspire your wife and children and generation for good and for God.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to receive Your engrafted word into my spirit and help me to live by it.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from the power of sin and the flesh.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, let the words You teach me build me, my wife, children and home.
FAITH CONFESSION
I am building my life, my wife, children and my family on the Rock, Jesus Christ, because it is my security to becoming the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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