Main Scriptures: 2Cor.12:6
More Scriptures: Ps.16:11, Jer.29:11, Matt.5:14
If I wanted to boast, I would be no fool in doing so, because I would be telling the truth. But I won’t do it, because I don’t want anyone to give me credit beyond what they can see in my life or hear in my message (2Cor.12:6)
As the good and godly shepherd reading this devotional today, you should be excited because something good is about to happen. I want you to please, place your finger on this verse of Scripture for a moment-“I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO GIVE ME CREDIT BEYOND WHAT THEY CAN SEE IN MY LIFE OR HEAR IN MY MESSAGE (2Cor.12:6b)”. If you have done that, kindly answer these questions. Do you seek applauds from your wife and children beyond what they can see in your life and in your conduct? Do present to your wife and children what is not yours as though you worked for them? Do you demand that your wife and children celebrate and honour you when your life speaks otherwise? Do you boast that you are responsible for the provision at home when actually it is your wife or parents who are? Do you take credit for the house you live in when it is your wife or parents who are paying the rent or own the house? These are questions you must answer as the good and godly husbandman.
As the head of the family, your wife and children will not celebrate you beyond what they can see your life produce. You don’t expect your children to celebrate you as their mentor when it is their mother who has nurtured them in the way and admonition of the Lord (Eph.6:4). I want you to know this truth. No matter how much you try to cover up your irresponsibility, it will be exposed sooner or later. It is just a matter of time. So, as the priest over God’s sheep (wife and children), you must continue to work hard to elevate your status by the results you produce. You must be able to share your testimonies boldly to everyone. You must be prepared to dig deeper, give bigger and work harder. God is not done with you this year. God has great plans for your life as the good and godly husbandman. God wants you to reposition yourself to access His glorious plans for you (Jer.29:11).
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me with the giving grace to give of Your resources in my care to humanity.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, increase my earning capacity.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, teach me Your ways and guide me through the path of life.
FAITH CONFESSION
I reposition my life to reflect the perfect will of God as the good and godly man, husband and father because that is what makes me the good shepherd to my wife and children and in the market place of life in Jesus name. Amen.
PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: DAY 11 OF 70 (70 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYERS)
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, purge my conscience from every filthiness of the spirit and of the flesh (2Cor.7:1)
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, make my life holy and an acceptable sacrifice to You (Rom.15:16)
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, cleanse me from the power of guilt by the power in the blood of Jesus Christ (Jn.3:17)
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