LEAD THE WAY LIKE JESUS DID

Bible Texts: Matt.16:21, Jn.3:3-7, 2Cor.5:17, Jn.14:6, 2Tim.2:15, Jn.5:39, Jn.14:26, Jer.33:3, Jn.8:32, Jn.15:5, Philp.2:13, Lk.18:1, Mk.9:29

There is one important responsibility that the husbandman has which he must be conscious of. And that is, he is a leader just as Jesus Christ is.

From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised again on the third day (Matt.16:21)

Jesus Christ who is the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman showed his disciples the way, the truth and the life. He provided guidance for them. And this gave the disciples the assurance of a great and fulfilled future as they followed Jesus Christ. This is what God expects you to do as the husbandman and shepherd to His sheep (wife and children) in your custody. God wants you to lead them and this you must do by using the word of God as your compass.

But how do I become the good and godly leader?

I am the way, the truth and the life (Jn.14:6)

For you to be able to lead your wife and children in the way they should go, you must first know the way (Acts 3:6). And for you to know the way, you must have a personal relationship with the Person who knows the way, Jesus Christ (Jn.3:3-7, 2Cor.5:17). The more you know Him, the more He reveals Himself, His truth and His ways of life to you. And this is how you become empowered to lead your sheep in the ways they should go and the truth they should know.

This requires that you give attention to studying the word of God to discover the way, the truth and the life of God (Jn.5:39, Lk.18:1, Jn.14:26, Gal.4:19, 2Tim.2:15). The more of God’s word you have in your spirit man, the better your ability to lead in truth and in the way and admonition of the Lord (Jn.8:32).

As the husbandman, God wants you to do so much with your life as the leader. God wants you to lead your wife and children after the pattern that Jesus Christ led His disciples. God wants you to represent Him well as the good and godly man, husband and father.

Therefore, you must make yourself available for God, through Jesus Christ and the Person of the Holy Spirit, to be the good and godly leader both at home and in the market place.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, pour upon me the spirit of truth and revelation as I study Your word.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, reveal Your truth, Your ways and Your life to me by Your Spirit.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to live by the truth of Your word and help me to lead my wife and children in the way and life of Your word.

FAITH CONFESSION

I search the word of God to know the way, truth and life for my life, my wife and children and by the word of God I show and lead them because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.

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