Have you ever thought about what you want to become in life? Have you ever wondered how adults become the professionals they are today? How did your mom and dad become what they are today?
Well, it’s all about deciding what they wanted to do at a very early age, much like you are right now. So you should start thinking in this direction, if you have not yet started.
What do you want to become? An astronaut, software designer, boat builder, race car driver or a writer? It is all about what you like to do. What do you like to do? Starting early to decide what you would like to become in future is important. This is because when you discover it, then you start to learn how to become it and then go through every process involved.
That’s how you can become what you want to become in life. The process will involve training, class lessons, exams and tests. You learn and then get tested before being certified as a professional.
Discover what you love to do and take all the necessary education you need about it. That’s how mommy and daddy did it.
Be like Samuel in the bible who learned under the prophet Eli. Under the prophet’s supervision, Samuel grew into a great prophet that God used to speak to kings in Israel.
May God show you what your passion is in Jesus name. May you come to know what you want to become in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Prayer: Lord, help me to discover what I like to do and become in future in Jesus’ name. Amen
Action plan: Start to note what you like doing. From there, you can discover your talents, then what you want to become in life.
Declaration: I will help my parents and grandparents
We took a break from our series on ministering to your husband.
We are back now.
In the past write-ups, I have written about making sure your husband is well fed. As simple as it seems, some homes have been ruined by it. I wrote about keeping your husband’s company, that is being a partner with him in all that he does. I have also written about ‘serving’ the anointing he carries as the head.
This morning, I will be talking about ‘ fighting his battles for him’. Our role as wives is that of being a helpmeet. To fulfill his God-given assignment he will definitely need prayers amongst other things.
Every wife is called to be her husband’s intercessor. We have been equipped by God to pray for our husband.
The story that comes to mind is the story of when Moses was fighting the Amalekite and he had to lift up his hands. As long as his hands were lifted up, Israel won. But when Moses got weary and his hands went down Israel lost until Hur and Aaron helped to lift up his hands.
The same way we are to lift up his hands as he faces the battle of life in his thoughts, words, and actions. The devil is bombarding us through our senses. Through our eye gate, ear gate, mouth gate, our touch, and taste. The battle is intense and every husband needs someone to give him back up.
It is not a battle to be fought alone. You need the cooperation of your covenant helper.
Woe, to him, that lieth alone. Two are better than one for a have a good reward for their labor. (Eccl. ). It takes two to be warm.
The battles of life are better won as a team. God knew what he was doing by bringing the woman to God. The wive becomes the change agent.
Don’t become embittered with your assignment that you don’t fulfill it.
The devil works overtime to make sure women are busy with irrelevancies busy here and there and leaving their major purpose unattended to.
You are supposed to fight his battles. I don’t mean being a thug by fighting physically for your husband. But it also entails defending him. You cannot be around when people are talking bad about your husband and you are comfortable.
You know some of his friends don’t mean well for him. Fight for him.
But more so, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of stronghold (2 Cor 4:5). You battle in the place of prayers.
You use prayers, fastings, supplications, sacrificial seeds, the blood of Jesus, communion, confessions, the Word. You use every weapon available to combat the devil.
To be an effective intercessor, your vessel (your life) must be kept holy and sanctified before the Lord. You must not be dealing with any hidden sins.
Some wives are still dealing with extramarital affairs, emotional affairs, adultery. You expose your husband to the vicissitudes of life if you are a wife having sexual sin and any other habitual sins.
Constantly repent and ask for forgiveness of sins to be able to stand in your place as intercessor.
May God give us more understanding.
God bless our marriage.
CONFESSION FOR THE DAY I will be the best to my husband
PRAYER FOR THE DAY Lord, help me to submit to my husband
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. Genesis 2:18 KJV.
We have been examining how much it pays to obey instructions. In this grand finale, God showed His superior power over the rebels. He called on His fellow generals and did a quick meeting where it was decided on how to defeat the builders downstairs on earth.
7. “Come, let us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech,” 8. So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city. 9. Therefore the name of the city was Babel-because there the Lord confused the language of the entire earth, and from that place the Lord scattered and dispersed them over all the surface of the earth.
It pays to obey instructions. The people in this Scripture were definitely not walking in the instructions of God; so God came in all His glory and power and created confusion in their midst, gave them new languages, and scattered them, just as they feared.
He made them understand that He is our Creator and whatever He doesn’t want us to do is for our own good. What if the tower had collapsed while they were building and caused a lot of them to be injured or lose their lives? It sure pays to obey instructions.
The principal called some male teachers and they went to disperse the boys. They also ensured they caught the chief rebel, Daniel, and his small generals. Someone had to be punished.
What if the fence had collapsed and caused some injuries or loss of lives? Who would be blamed? The school of course. It really pays to obey instructions.
May the Lord protect you from all dangers as long as you obey instructions. Amen
Prayer: Lord, make me an obedient child. Help me in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Action Plan: Watch your associations. Are they causing you to rebel? Decide to obey instructions today.
