Memory
Verse Colossians 3:23(KJV)
“And
whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men”;
In yesterday’s passage, Paul get us the virtues we
need to possess as chosen people of God, now he addresses the relationships
within the family.
Our first responsibilities as Christians should be
to our homes. It is hypocrisy trying to make other people live holy lives while
your family’s lives don’t portray God.
It is very important for family harmony to be
preached in homes. Charity, they say begins at home. We are in an age ridden
with rebellious children and teenagers who want to have their will. It is
whatever the children learn at home that they will exhibit outside, that is why
it is proper to train our children up in the way of the lord (Proverbs 22:6).
Today’s passage addresses six categories of people
and presents the rules that they are to follow to ensure harmony in the home.
• Wives
• Husbands
• Children
• Fathers
• Slaves
• Masters
Most of us fall into either one, or two of this
category, maybe you are that wife that is ill-treated by your husband or that
slave ill-treated by your master, don’t repay evil with evil instead see your
duty to them as a service to God and God will surely vindicate you for the
wrong done to you and he will also reward you for your good.
Apostle Paul started by addressing wives. Wives are
to be submissive to their husbands, just as Christ is the head of the Church so
is the husband the head the home. It is the duty of wives to obey their
husbands.
The next are the husbands, inasmuch as God has
placed them as the head, they shouldn’t treat their wives harshly instead they
are to love their wives just as Christ loved the Church.
Children are expected to the obedient to their
parents. This is very important as it is the only commandment with a promise. A
disobedient child will invoke the wrath of God and also reduce their number of
days on this earth (Exodus 20:12). As Children, we shouldn’t grieve our
parents. I know there are a lot of peer pressures and it’s easy to succumb to
them, but let us remember youths like Joseph, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego who stood for integrity, these youths were in strange lands yet they
never compromised their faith in God and also Timothy, a young man who followed
in the footsteps of his grandmother and mother. They taught him about the way
of the lord and he never departed from it.
Fathers shouldn’t grieve or embitter their children.
God gave these children to you, fathers to ensure that they should them love
and train them in the way of the lord, don’t favour one child and neglect the
other, it will cause discord, and there is no limit as to what the embittered
child can do.
It is mandatory for parents to set good examples for
their children to follow; parents should ensure that their lifestyle preach
Christ to their children. You can’t expect your children to live holy lives if
your lifestyle isn’t holy, because it is whatever they see you do that they
will also like to do.
Slaves are told to obey their masters, in those days
slavery was rampant but it has been abolished. But we can likened this to our
present day, most of us work in offices where we have managers we report to, we
are to obey them with sincerity. Some people will go any length to pretend or
perform eye service to get promoted. Some managers can be very mean but if we
bear in mind that we are rendering our services to God, it becomes easier for
us to go through these challenges.
Masters, Pastors, managers, and whoever God has
placed in a position that you have to oversee people should be fair to
everyone. No matter the position you occupy, there is always someone ahead of
you. The President of a country maybe the highest in authority but there is
always someone greater- God. In performing our duties, we should remember that
we are rendering our service to God and not man. God bless you.
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