Main Scriptures: Gen.14:21-24
More Scriptures: Philp.4:8, Gen.14:23, Gen.12:2
By the grace of God and the help of the Holy Spirit, I will be sharing with you your identity as the good and godly husbandman. This is important because the first step to success in leadership is to identify who you are and what you are expected to deliver. If you do not know who you are, anyone can tell who you are not. This is why many husbandmen do not even know who they are and have failed to live up to the expectation that God has set for them as the man, husband, and father from His word. I pray that a new understanding will open to you and with the knowledge of your identity, you will make the best of your headship as the godly man, husband and father to your wife and children and the marketplace of life.
Your first identity is honour. But what is honour? It is the quality of knowing and doing what is morally right. When your wife offends you, do you put your emotions under control and not go to the drinking bar or the brothel or saying abusive words to her as the best way to contain your anger? Would you work with your hands and provide for the shelter, food and educational needs of your wife and children? Would you hold onto your integrity as a Christian husband at the risk of losing your job? Would you exchange your peace of mind for an offer, unforgiveness and bitterness against your wife? If your answer is to choose the path of honour rather than short-cuts, then you are on your way to becoming the good and godly husbandman.
As the head of the family, you must understand that God wants you to live an honourable life. God wants to be proud of you. He wants your wife and children to be proud of you, too. That challenge you are having with your wife and children and at your place of work or business is a test. Do not let it discolour your honour.
Now the Lord said unto Abram, get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house unto a land I will show. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great, and thou shall be a blessing (Gen.12:1-2). And in chapter 14:21-24, he was tested. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth. That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet and that I will not take anything that is thine…..So, let me ask you this question. As the godly husbandman, where do you stand in your relationship with God, your wife, your children and the marketplaces of life?
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to live a honourable life as the godly man, husband and father.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from every trap of iniquity, compromise and fear.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, make me reflect the nature of Jesus Christ to my wife and children.
FAITH CONFESSION
I have chosen to walk the path of honour with God and my life and conduct shall please God, my wife and children because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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