Bible Texts: Heb.6:1-3, Gen.18:19, Deut.6:7, 1Tim.5:8, Eph.5:25-27, Gal.4:19, Ps.15:1-3, Rom.12:2, Ehp.6:4, Rom.12:21
Sometime back I had an encounter with the Person of the Holy Spirit, when He said to me that “when we distort the order, we disrupt the blessings”. And today, I will like to share with you what it means to follow God’s principles for your life as the good and godly husbandman to the end that you become a blessing and not a burden to yourself, your wife, children and the world.
Have you wondered why the office of the husbandhood has lost command, power and influence in the times we are in? Well, the reason is because the husbandman has left the principles of God that guide the office of the husbandhood and embrace the principles and traditions of the world. The husbandman leads his wife and children, and sheepfold by the culture of the world rather than by the principles of the Bible.As the good and godly husbandman, you cannot and will not be able to exercise and attain your full potential as the godly man, husband and father if you leave the principles and laws guiding the function of your office as provided by God in the Bible.
Now, let us look at some of the principles of God around the office of the husbandhood. The first is that of leading your wife and children in the way of the Lord. In Gen.18:19, the Scripture says, I know him, that he will COMMAND HIS CHILDREN and HIS HOUSEHOLD after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him (Gen.18:19). Now, what did God say about this husbandman? God said that he should and will command his household to keep the way of the Lord. You should and must be the person to lead your wife in prayers, fasting, word study and in all spiritual matters.
The second principle of God is for you to provide for yourself, your wife and children. For a man who cannot provide for his own household is worse than a sinner (1Tim. 5:8). There is this half truth that is being taught in many places today that is against the principle of scriptures. It is taught that since the husbandman and wife are now one flesh, the responsibility of one becomes the responsibility of the other. So, rather than the husbandman to provide for his family, he now looks to his wife for provision. The Bible did not say the woman, it says the man. You must understand that being one with your wife does not abdicate your responsibility as provider-in-chief in your home. After God created the earth and everything therein, He placed the husbandman in the Garden to cultivate and keep (Gen.2:14-15). The wife only came and met the work and improvements that her husband had done. If you were bold to marry a woman, you must be responsible to take care of her needs. If you are proud to be a father, you must be responsible to provide all that your child needs to grow and develop.
Following God’s commandments is what gives you value as the good and godly husbandman.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to receive the Spirit of truth and live by the truth always.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from the spirit of falsehood and lies.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, strengthen me to be alive to the demands of my office as the good and godly husbandman.
FAITH CONFESSION
I focus on the principles of the word of God and I do what God commands me to do as I lead my wife and children because that is what I need to become the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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Bro. Ebenezer O. Igure
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