Bible Texts: Matt.5:40-48, Heb.12:1-3, Gen.17:1-3, Ps.1:1, Jos.25:14-16, 1Cor.13:9-12, Matt.6:9-10, Ezk.2:2, Mk.9:29, Deut.2:3, Acts.10:36, Jn.3:3-7, Acts.1:1, Jn.15:5, Rom.5:5
Ye have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you , love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you. For if you love them which love you what reward have ye? Do not the publicans the same?…… Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect (Matt.5:43-48)
From the above Scripture, Jesus Christ, who is the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman says that you must and can be perfect as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. The perfection that Christ is referring to here is you manifesting the fruit of the Spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith (faithfulness), meekness, temperance (Gal.5:22).
The perfect will of God for you as the husbandman is to bear the fruit of the Spirit because that is the proof of your maturity and perfection. God wants you to be better each day in your thoughts, words and action. God wants you to experience growth and improvement in your spiritual, emotional and physical life as the good and godly man, husband and father. God wants you to grow out of your childish tendencies unto maturity (1Cor.13:11).
But for you to be perfect , you must first and most importantly have a personal relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ (Jn.3:3-7, Acts.10:36). Salvation is the first step that you need because it gives you access to the keys of the kingdom that help you to unlock the knowledge from the word of God that will help you grow.
You must also study the word of God with passion and meditate on the word with utmost concentration. This is because the word of God is spirit and it is life. When it enters into your spirit man, it transforms your inner man and helps you bear the fruit of the Spirit in your thoughts, words, actions and responses just as Christ would (Ezk.2:2, Ps.1:2-3, Jn.6:63).
You must also engage the weapon of prayer and fasting, praying the word of God to gain root in your heart and bear fruits in your life. Prayer of faith enforces the truth of God’s word into your life and empowers you to be as the word of God says (Acts.1:1, Mk.9:29, Matt.6:9-10, Philp.2:13)
God spoke to the people of Israel in this wise and He is speaking to you today.
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough, turn you northward (Deut.2:3)
It is time for you to take responsibility to take-in the word of God into your spirit man so that you can be the good and godly husbandman that God desires for you.
Hallelujah!
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, forgive me for disobeying Your instructions and refusing to grow up as the man, husband and father.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, give me boldness and courage to disassociate myself from all forms of ungodliness.
- Father, in the name of Jesus, empower me to exercise power and authority over the influences of satan, sin and the world and make me to bear the fruit of the Spirit.
FAITH CONFESSION
I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, and I walk in this consciousness in my thought, action, communication, association and relationship, bearing the fruit of the Spirit because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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