February 22
When is the acceptable time to begin to nurture a child in the faith of his fathers? The answer to that question is, “The sooner, the better.” Some parents feel that a child must chart his own spiritual journey, but this is not the way the Lord would have it to be. It is His desire that each parent of faith in Christ impart that faith to his children from a very early age.
What is the appropriate circumstance under which this instruction should proceed? ALL circumstances! Deuteronomy 11:18-21 is very clear in the matter. It says, “Fix these words of Mine in your hearts and minds…Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road.
“Speak My truth when you lie down and when you rise up…so your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the Lord swore to give to you…” The Lord seems to be conveying the reality that His Word is the foundation of life to the believer. It is the foundation upon which life is to be build. It is to be the fabric of which life is constructed.
A parent’s role as teacher of truth to his children cannot be abrogated if the parent desires that his child’s life be woven of the substance that endures through time and eternity. There are many good things that a parent may impart to his offspring that will assure that he lives a full, productive, successful life, but it is only the Word of God, taught by a loving, godly parent, that will assure a blessed eternity.
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