Eph.5v22-23: Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church, and He is the Saviour of the body.
You are welcome back to our series on how to lead your home successfully. This is a herculean and important responsibility that the Almighty expects you to discharge to the best of your ability as the man in your home. I have, so far, shared 6 powerful principles of how to achieve this. Today, I will be sharing 2 more tools that you need to lead your home or any enterprise successfully.
HOW TO LEAD YOUR HOME SUCCESSFULLY
- Lead with courage. It takes courage to lead your home successfully. No woman will want to stand beside a timid, faint-hearted, or weakling of a man (Gen.29v9-12). To be courageous means to be audacious, undaunted, lion-hearted, resolute, or spirited. As the head of your home, in leading your home successfully, you need to:
* Face your fears i.e. inhibitions, doubts or anxieties et cetera. If you don’t do so, those fears will destroy you (Job 3v25-26).
* Face your future (i.e. tomorrow, destiny et cetera.). The future is in your dreams and it takes courage to pursue it.
* Follow your convictions/persuasions. Learn how to follow your heart and not your head (Rom.8v16).
* Speak and live the truth. There is no other greater message and example that you show to your family other than this.
* Pursue your dreams/visions. This is what winners are made up of. They go after their dreams. This is one way you can lead with courage. So, go after your dreams/vision today (Pro.29v18).
2. Lead sincerely. It takes sincerity of heart to lead successfully. If you are the kind of husband that lies or deceives, you can’t lead your home well. This is why you need to be sincere with your wife and children. Be open, honest and transparent with them. Stop hiding things from your spouse. Don’t be someone different at home compared to who you are outside. Make integrity your best friend. Let your words and actions match. Become a lover of truth. This will greatly empower your capacity to lead your home successfully. In fact, the law of integrity is one of the laws of success and it states that “the thread of truth will never break for a 1000 years until that of falsehood breaks into pieces.”
So, my dear brother, embrace the culture of sincerity and truthfulness in your dealings and operation as the head of your home and you will be on your way to greatness and glory (Pro.12v19, 22). It’s time to lead with sincerity.
Other Scriptural References: (Col.3v9; Eph.4v15; Gen.20v5; Pro.19v5, 9; Ps.78v72; Exo.2v16-20; Deut.31v6-7; 1Chro.22v13: 28v10).
Prayer for Today: Precious Holy Spirit, I need your help and assistance in the task of leading my home successfully. Please, help me, Lord!
CONFESSION: I receive the grace and wisdom to lead my home well. I choose to be courageous and not a coward. I choose to be wise and foolish. I choose to follow my heart and not my head. I choose to walk in agreement with the Holy Spirit and His word as I lead my home. I lead with guts and sincerity of heart. As I follow His lead, I will not be put to shame or ridiculed. Glory be to God, my home is becoming a source of inspiration and one that is worthy of emulation in Jesus name, amen.

Yemi Adeoti is a pastor, teacher, life coach and mentor & also a prolific writer.
Thank you Sir for this truth revealed, Thank You LORD for giving us Homes that will reflect the beauty of JESUS Christ.