November
21
Proverbs 22: 6: Train
up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from
it.
If God has made
us faithful fathers and mothers then we spend a great deal of our time training
our children. But in what do we spend
the most time training them? We
certainly train them how to be mannerly, give them the basics of respect and of
caring for themselves. Then we spend
much time training them in their school work.
Unknowingly, as they watch us, we train them to sin and we are masters at
teaching them this. But how much
training do we give them in “the Way” they should go, Christ Jesus? It is amazing how much we will spend for
higher education so that our children can be trained up in the world’s
way. But then allow them to go without
any training in the scriptures. Men and women will spend hours researching a college.
But then allow their child to attend any church service without any research to
find out if the doctrine they preach is according to the scriptures.
If God has made
us faithful fathers and mothers then let us give ourselves to train up our
children in Christ the Way. Only God can
bless it; only God can create them anew; only God can bring them to faith in
Christ. But knowing God can, ought to be
what makes us want to train them up in the gospel! If God reveals Christ in their hearts this
will be the most important training they ever receive. By God’s keeping grace, when they are old,
they will not depart from it. Think of
this. Everything we train them in will be left behind when they leave this
world. But if God blesses the gospel to their hearts, when they depart this
life, the training we gave them will still be with them. God give us grace to train up our children in the
Way everlasting.