June 4

How many of us have children who have let us down at some point in their lives due to something they have done or something they have been unwilling to do? Our love for our children is not diminished when they disappoint us, however our love takes on an element of yearning for their compliance with what we know is good for them.

We nurture our children and at each juncture along the road to their maturity, we hope to see them making the right turn. When they proceed on a course that our older, wiser minds recognize as being a wrong path, we anguish for them. We know they will encounter heartache they needn’t face if they would simply follow the advice of the wise.

In Proverbs 4:6, the Lord addresses the consequence of diverging from the path He has set before His people. He says, “Forsake not wisdom and she will keep and defend and protect you. If you love her, she will guard you.” God’s Word imparts to anyone who will read it of the wisdom of the ages, of the truth that is eternal. The consequence of ignoring it is to stumble into a path that leads to futility.

He wants His children to embrace His truth to their hearts, for Jesus is TRUTH. When someone opens his heart to truth, he must thereby receive the Lord Jesus Christ as His Savior and as the One on the throne of his life. When He receives Jesus, the delight of the God of Creation is complete in him. God’s heart yearns to know that fullness of joy in each of us. Oh, that we might please Him as we yearn for our children to please us!