Bible Texts: 1Pet.1:13-16, Job 22:21, Acts 1:1, Heb.12:1-3, Matt.6:22, Mk.9:29, Lk.6:45, Jn.2:5, Jas.4:7, 2Cor.5:14, Jn.14:26, Rom.12:1-2, Jn.5:39
I have discovered that in the journey of success, it is good for someone to discipline you but it is much more important for you to discipline yourself. Therefore, if the husbandman wants to succeed as the good and godly man, husband and father, he must discipline himself by himself to the end that he remains focused on his goal of becoming the good and godly husbandman.
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ, as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance, but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct , because it is written, be holy, for I am holy (1Pet.1:13-16)
The Scripture above clearly tells you and I how to discipline ourselves as the husbandman. And that is what we shall be considering in the next few days.
Today, it is about what you allow into your mind and how it influences your thoughts, actions, utterances and conduct.
Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind (1 Pet.1:13)
God wants you to gird the loins of your mind because your mind is the seat of your decision. Whatever you say or do or how you respond is a direct result of what you have stored in your mind. This is why the Bible tells us that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (Lk.6:45). This means that you must examine and watch with all diligence what you allow into your mind by testing it with the word of God (Philp.4:8).
The implication of subjecting what goes into your mind to the commandments of God in His word is that you must submit your will to the authority of the word of God, whether it seems good and convenient or not. Secondly, it also means that you must continue to engage the forces of prayers and fasting to remain spiritually alert to discern and know what is the perfect and acceptable will of God for you as the man, husband and father (Mk.9:29, Lk.18:1, Jn.14:26, Gal.4:19). Finally, it means you must engage with the word of God by studying it with joy in your heart. This is because the more you study the word of God for yourself, the more you know Him, His Person and His power and align yourself to what He wants you to do as the man, husband and father (Job 22:21, Jn.5:39, Jn.8:32, 2Tim.2:15, Rom.12:1-2).
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to filter the information that goes through my ears and eyes through the lens of Your word.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to refuse ungodly seeds into my mind.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, make my mind a good ground for Your instructions and principles and let them guide my thoughts and actions.
FAITH CONFESSION
I receive into my mind the commandments and instructions of God and I submit myself to the perfect will of God in all things because it is the foundation I need to build the discipline that makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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