Bible Texts: Mk.1:21-22, Mk.9:29, Lk.18:1, Lev.6:9, Lk.10:19, Jn.3:5-7, 2Cor.5:19, Ps.24:1-2, Ps.1-1-3, Rom.5:5, Jn.3:16
And they went into Capernaum and straightaway on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. And they were astonished at his doctrine, for he taught them as one that had authority and not as the scribes (Mk.1:21-22)
Yesterday we discover from Scripture that God wants the husbandman, just like Jesus Christ, to exercise good and godly authority. God doesn’t want the husbandman to bully, harass, intimidate or oppress his wife and children in the name of exercising authority. Joyfully, when the husbandman exercises good and godly authority over his wife and children after the pattern of Jesus Christ, they will submit to him in godly submission.
I pray in the name of Jesus Christ that you will exercise good and godly authority in Christ as you lead your life, your wife and children. Amen.
Now what does it mean to exercise good and godly authority?
And Jesus said unto them, come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they forsook their nets and followed him (Mk.1:18)
The authority God wants you to demonstrate is to rebuke the works of satan, sin and the world in and around your life and the lives of your wife and children (Mk.1:25). God has given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and not on your wife and children and to overcome all the powers of the enemies and not overpowering your wife and children (Lk.10:19).
But for you to exercise good and godly authority in Christ Jesus, you must have a personal relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ (Jn.3:5-7, 2Cor.5:19, Ps.24:1-2, Ps.1-1-3). Secondly, you must give attention to the study, meditation and obedience to the word of God (Jn.5:39, 2Tim.2:15, Jos.1:6-8). Thirdly, you must walk by faith and not by sight by the spirit of faith (Heb.11:1-6, Rom.10:10, Heb.11:32). Fourthly, you must walk in the love of Christ towards all people (Rom.5:5, Jn.3:16). Finally, you must engage the weapons of praise, prayer and fasting to keep your prayer altar burning and your walk of obedience to all the commandments of Scriptures (Mk.9:29, Lk.18:1, Lev.6:9).
God has given you authority to make your calling as the husbandman effective and successful as the man, husband and father. Therefore, make your life a blessing and not a burden by leading in good and godly authority, filled with the love of Christ.
Hallelujah!
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, forgive me for the misplaced use of the authority in my life as the man, husband and father.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to exercise authority and power in Your love and mercy.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to live a life of humility and service.
FAITH CONFESSION
I have authority and I exercise it in godliness, mercy and in the love of Christ because that is what makes me the good and godly man, husband and father in Jesus name. Amen.
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