Daily devotion – children watching and learning
Pro 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
It’s back to school next week and our children begin their journey once again of living for Christ in a fallen world. Children need to know right from wrong and the best place for them to learn this is at home.
If they do not learn there they may end up without any godly or moral spiritual anchor.
Children also desire their parents to care enough for them to be strict even though they will never admit such. Parents who refuse to discipline their children are actually sending a signal; saying they don’t care what happens to them.
The Bible says – He who loves him disciplines him promptly – Proverbs 13:24
The Bible also says to train our children in God’s way – precept upon precept, line upon line…here a little, there a little – Isaiah 28:10
In other words, when a child is about to become a teen, we can’t suddenly say, “I have ignored it so far, but now I am going to cram the Bible and it’s commandments into my child.” It must start the very moment he or she has any understanding.
But what we do is as important as what we say, for children usually acquire their parents’ characteristics and habits.
What are your children and grandchildren learning from you?