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Point Two: God Gives Us Portraits of
Spirit-Filled Families in His Word
The Biblical Family is not subjective. It isn’t up for discussion. God has given His pattern. He has clearly expressed His desires. We are left with the choice to respond and become instruments that carry out His plan.
Remember, God’s plan works even when your husband, wife, children, friends, employers, employees, teachers, or parents are NOT in step with His will. Let me repeat that: God’s plan works even when your husband, wife, children, or parents are NOT in step with His will.
In our Bibles, we see a wife that is never said to be in agreement with her godly husband. In fact the only words Mrs. Job is remembered as saying is why don’t you “curse God and die”. That doesn’t sound like a Spirit-filled wife or mother. Maybe that is why Job prayed so much. God’s plan works even when your husband, wife, children, or parents are NOT in step with His will.
We see that Samuel as a dad was a sensitive and godly servant of the Lord, yet his children were not in-step following the Lord. The same is true about David, Noah, and many other families we see described in God’s Word. God’s plan works even when your husband, wife, children, or parents are NOT in step with His will.
Another great family in God’s Word was spiritually led by a mom married to a lost, and pagan husband. Timothy’s mom Lois and grandmother Eunice were believers but Timothy’s dad was not. Look how God used that godly mom and grandmother to produce one of the First Century’s finest missionary pastors. God’s plan works even when your husband, wife, children, or parents are NOT in step with His will.
All we are asked to do is personally respond to God’s plan. He does not force us. God invites us. Once we “log on” to His power through the Spirit, He fills us, leads us, and empowers us to be all He designed us to be.