MADE TO SERVE

Bible Texts: Lk.22:26-27, Gen.2:14-16, Jn.10:14, Is.40:11, Heb.13:20, Rom.9:16, Ecc.9:11, Eph.5:25-29, Eph.6:4, 1Tim.5:8, Deut.6:7, 1Pet.3:7, Gal.4:19, Gen.18:19, 2Tim.2:15, Hos.4:6

Today’s teaching is to remind you that service in humility of heart is one of the character you manifest when you have the mind of Christ, the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman. If you and I must attain the fullness of our ministry as husbandmen, the word of the Lord in Luke chapter 22 shall not only be a song but a life we must live.

But ye shall not be so, but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For who is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as HE THAT SERVETH (Lk.22:26-27)

Are you sitting at meat as a boss in your relationships with your wife and children or you are among them as one who serves?

As the good and godly husbandman, you must appreciate that being the husbandman is a ministry and it is a call to service. Your enthronement as the husbandman is both a privilege and a call to higher service. And you must embrace this truth faithfully and wholeheartedly.

To be the husbandman is a privilege given to you by God, and you do not take it for granted. Rather, you must cherish it. You are a three-in-one personality which not every male-man has. You are the man, husband and father all at the same time. It is a rare opportunity God has given to you to demonstrate the nature and character of Jesus. The office of the husbandman is the best platform for the display of good and godly leadership. It is a position of trust and opportunity to provide guidance, direction and inspiration.

The second truth about the office of the husbandman is that it is a ministry. God wants you to minister to the spiritual, physical, emotional, material and mental needs of your life, wife and children. This will require a lot of sacrifices from you and on a daily basis you must give yourself to these sacrifices (Eph.5:25-29, Eph.6:4, 1Tim.5:8, Deut.6:7, 1Pet.3:7, Gal.4:19, Gen.18:19).

When you uphold the office of the husbandman with respect and you know what God commands you to do as the man, husband and father and you obey and act on the commandments with joy, then you are fit to be called a kind of christ, one who is among them to serve. And that is what makes you fit to be called the good and godly husbandman.

God has sent to serve. Be a worthy servant, bringing glory and praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

SPIRITUAL EXRCISE                          

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, baptize me with a new zeal to uphold my office with a servant mentality.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me not to disappoint the confidence You have in me.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to make the most of headship as the husbandman.

FAITH CONFESSION

I am grateful to God for making me the husbandman and by this privilege, I embrace the responsibilities that come with the ministry to serve in all aspects of my relationships because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.

Culled from IN TUNE WITH GOD devotional of Friday September 15, 2023

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