Walk Of Life – Day 5, February 2020 – Thoughts From The Book Of Proverbs
BLESSINGS OF FAMILY
let your fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of your youth – Proverbs 5:18
A loving family is a treasure from God. If God has blessed you with a close knit, supportive clan, offer a word of thanks to your Creator because He has given you one of His most precious earthly possessions. Your obligation, in response to God’s gift, is to treat your family in ways that are consistent with His commandments.
We live in a fast-paced, demanding world, a place where life can be difficult and pressures can be intense. As those pressures build, you may tend to focus so intently upon your obligations that you lose sight, albeit temporarily, of your spiritual and emotional needs (that’s one reason why a regular daily devotional time is so important; it offers a badly-needed dose of perspective).
Even when the demands of everyday life are great, we must never forget that we have been entrusted with a profound responsibility: the responsibility of contributing to our family’s emotional and spiritual well-being. It’s a big job, but with God’s help, we can be up to the task.
When we place God squarely in the center of our family’s life-when we worship Him, praise Him, trust Him, and love Him-then He will most certainly bless us in ways that we could have scarcely imagined.
A blessed family consists of the following:
1. A man and a woman (not women, not two women or two men) brought duly joined together spiritually and legally. There is no place in the Bible for live-in lovers.
2. A union of two spiritual and God-loving people. Spirituality is simply living according to the Word of God. It says, “…who delights greatly in his commandments.” Psalm 112:1-3. A Christian should not only marry a Christian but ensure they have high regard for the Word of God run their lives accordingly. They are committed to living by faith in every area of life.
3. Each partner understands his or her role and plays it cheerfully. The husband loves the wife, treats her like a queen and makes sure she’s comfortable, protected and fulfilled. A man who treats his wife with disrespect sabotages his prayer life (1Peter 3:7). The wife on the other hand submits to the leadership of the husband, treats him with respect and adores him as a hero. A woman who treats her husband with disrespect is walking contrary to God and in rebellion and sabotages her destiny. We shall look at the roles of the husband and wife in greater detail.
5. Vision, Understanding and Unity. Not necessarily unity of ideas but of purpose. Two cannot walk together except they are in agreement (Amos 3:3). There’s no anointing where there is disunity. A couple that is always quarrelling cannot achieve the kind of results described by the Bible. You must have a vision of becoming a successful and prosperous family. Both partners must agree on that and work towards achieving it. The people perish where there is no vision.
6. Fruitfulness. They are fruitful; spiritually and physically. They are committed to winning souls as a priority. They understand that fruitfulness is not just a matter of bearing their own biological children; it is about being fruitful spiritually also. Genesis 1:28, “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth…” They are blessed with anointed children raised in the ways of the Lord. God is attracted to and blesses a family where the father instructs the children in the ways of the Lord. He said that concerning Abraham (Genesis 18: 17-19). What are you teaching your children? The way of the Word or the way of the world? The Shunamite woman was visited by God and her barrenness was taken away.
7. Spiritual, financial and material blessings. Psalm 128:2 says he shall eat the labour of his hands. The man has a job that brings in income. It says wealth and riches shall be in his house.
It is well with your marriage! It is well with your children! It is well with your finances! Every power of darkness fighting against your matrimonial life is hereby destroyed, in Jesus name!!!
May the Lord heal every troubled relationship and wounded heart! May your union be fruitful, blessed and strong, in Jesus name!
