February 19
One of the great truths of the Bible is found in Proverbs 22:6. Here it says, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” The early grounding of a child in the truth of God is essential if we are to propagate the faith we espouse in the hearts and minds of the next generation.
There was a time when accomplishing that scriptural admonition was a relatively easy task. Parents and their children, as well as perhaps their extended families, lived in a simple, closely knit world where values were easily passed from parent to child. Virtually the only worldview an individual would encounter during his formative years was that embraced by his family, within his home.
Today’s parents do not have the advantage of a spiritual cocoon in which to nurture their offspring. The culture around us has departed from the Christian truths that were once almost universally believed in our country, indeed in the Western world in general, and there is a cacophony of other voices and other worldviews being shouted into the lives of the young and impressionable.
Ranging from the alluring voice of the moral cesspool of the entertainment industry to the bellicose sounds of the march of the Islamic ‘missionaries’ who have migrated into the West with the intention of propagating the world-wide Islamic caliphate, the clamor of the deceptive tones of the enemy have almost drowned out the wisdom of the ages. Yet, if a parent is faithful to the task Jesus has set before him, Jesus will be faithful to bring it to fruition within his child.
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