Open Heavens February 2021 Friday February 12
TOPIC: LEARN FROM MICHAL
Memorise: Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. 2 Samuel 6:23
Read: 2 Samuel 6:16-23
Michal is the only woman recorded in the Bible who never gave birth to a child in her lifetime.
We see the reason in our Bible reading for today.
David had just triumphantly brought in the Ark of the Covenant to Israel and was coming home to bless his household when Michal welcomed him with mockery.
How do you welcome your husband when he gets home from work? Is it with honour or contempt like Michal?
Many years ago when I wasn’t as popular as I am now, a very distinguished person visited Our home while I was away. When I arrived, I greeted him and went into my room to pray. My wife joined me and we prayed together as we normally do. When she came out afterwards, She apologised to the guest for leaving him all by himself but he said “No Ma’am, I have seen such a great example today
Dear wife, your husband deserves far more honour from you than any dignitary anywhere. Always welcome him home like a king who has returned to his palace. The home should be where he refreshes himself before he goes out again to face the world; help him to feel refreshed. Make him always happy to return home, not sad that he has to come and face a nagging wife again. Some men spend long hours at the office, not because they are working but because they want to spend less time at home. Don’t make your home like that.
It is a terrible thing for a wife to mock her husband. The Bible says you are to submit to your husband as unto the Lord (Ephesians 5:22). If you mock your husband, you are mocking your own head and if it is not well with the head, it cannot be well with the body. Your husband’s current financial state doesn’t matter, don’t mock him. Even when he makes a mistake, do not mock him. There are certain Blessings that can come to you through your husband, but you keep mocking him, the blessings will not flow from him to you. On that faithful day when David had dance So much for God, the anointing on him must have been Special. He was coming home to bless his family, which included Michal. Her barrenness could have ended that day. However, instead of a blessing, she got a curse.
Your husband is the priest of your home; he is representing God in that home.
It is dangerous to mock a representative of God. Learn from Michal.
Open Heavens February 2021
Hymn 3: Be Glad In The Lord And Rejoice
Action Point: Make a commitment today that you will always honour your husband.
Bible in one year: Leviticus 16-18
Open Heavens February 2021 Friday February 12