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.
In the last couple of months, I have been confronted with news of husbandmen who have walked out of their sheep and sheepfold. Some after more than many years of marriage while others after few years. And so, if you are reading this devotional and you have walked away from your wife, children and home, return to your sheep and sheepfold. 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 wife and children. This was the scenario that played out in our main text today. Jesus Christ had had a long stretch of teaching engagement. He had with Him a multitude, 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. Imagine for a moment if Jesus Christ had abandoned those who followed Him in the desert without food?
So, how do I walk in the image and likeness of Jesus Christ as the good and godly shepherd? You must be filled with compassion 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 that can only be planted in your heart through spiritual engagements of word study, prayers, 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 husbandmen. It is not greener on the other side, in the long run. Therefore, return to your wife and children and home. It is a befitting testimony to God and humanity that you are available for your sheep.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, nullify every plan of hell to make me abandon my wife and children and family.
- 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 the good and godly husbandman, I shall not abandon my wife and children and my sheepfold in Jesus name. Amen.
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