Main Scriptures: Mark 6:33-37
More Scriptures: Jn.4:2, Mk.9:29, Rom.5:5
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people and was moved with compassion toward them because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him and said, this is a desert place and now the time is far passed. Send them away, that they may go into the country round about and into the villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat. Mk.6:36.
It is wickedness to abandon your wife and children to themselves. It is ungodly and the attitude of a hireling to abandon or neglect your sheep. This was the scenario which played out in our main text today. Jesus Christ had had a long stretch of teaching engagement. He had with Him multitudes, whom He referred to as sheep (Mk.6:34). These sheep needed help-they were hungry, and they needed food to eat. But the sub leaders (His disciples) asked Jesus to send the hungered people away to go and fend for themselves. However, the Great and Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, did not agree with His disciples. He said unto them, give them to eat. He didn’t send them away or left them to fend for themselves. He provided for their needs despite the unpleasant circumstances-they were in a desert place, and the time was far spent. Your wife and children need you. They are your sheep and you are their shepherd. There are things they cannot do for themselves. You are like a support machine. Can you imagine what would have happened to the followers if they had been sent away hungry and tired in the desert? Your guess is as good as mine.
But how do I walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ as a husband and shepherd? Be compassionate towards your wife and children. Secondly, pray for the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to spread abroad His love in your heart (Rom.5:5). God is love and God is a Spirit. It follows therefore that love is a spiritual seed which can only be planted in your heart through spiritual engagements of word study, prayers, and fasting and positive confessions (Jn.4:24, Mk.9:29, Rom.5:5). And as you seek to keep your sheepfold together, your life becomes dignified. You also become an example to other families and husbands. Do not think that is greener on the other side. Do not become a stranger to your wife and children. Be their friend the same way Jesus Christ was to those who followed Him. It is a befitting testimony to God and humanity that you are available for your sheep. It is greater that you kept them till the end.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
· Father, in the Name of Jesus, nullify every plan of hell design to make me abandon my sheep and sheepfold.
· Father, in the Name of Jesus, fill my heart with Your love and let it affect my wife and children positively.
· Father, in the name of Jesus, fill my heart with goodwill and help me to demonstrate it toward my wife and children.
FAITH CONFESSION
I have the mind of Christ and as a good and godly husband, I shall not abandon my wife and children and my sheepfold as a good and godly husband in Jesus Name. Amen.
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