In my last post we learned how God loves to bless His people. But His blessing does not stop with us. It continues on to our children. But there is a catch. The blessings depend on how we live our lives. Dear mother, we do not live our lives to ourselves. Everything we do, either good or bad, affects our children. Let’s look at some Scriptures:
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS
Deuteronomy 4:40: “Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and WITH THY CHILDREN AFTER THEE, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth.”
DO THAT WHICH IS GOOD AND RIGHT
Deuteronomy 12:28: “Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and WITH THY CHILDREN AFTER THEE FOR EVER, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God. (12:25; 30:2).
FEAR THE LORD
Deuteronomy 5:29: “O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and WITH THEIR CHILDREN FOREVER.”
The words “may go well” is the Hebrew word “yatav” and means “to do good, beautiful, pleasant, lovely, blessed.” We want our children to have a lovely life, don’t we? God promises this to them if we as parents walk in the fear of the Lord and obey His voice.
Psalm 112:1,2 is a wonderful promise to fathers who fear the Lord: “Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed (his children) shall be mighty on the earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.”
Acts 2:39: “For the promise is unto you, and TO YOUR CHILDREN, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”
OUR LIVES IMPACT OUR CHILDREN FOR GOOD OR EVIL
Dear mothers, read the following Scriptures in the fear of the Lord. How wonderful that all our sin are forgiven and forgotten through the power of the blood of Jesus when we repent. But if we harbor sin in our lives and do not walk in the fear of God, if we harbor bitterness, rejection, jealousy, and hate etc. it doesn’t only hurt us, it hurts the following generations.
Exodus 20:5: “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.” These words are repeated in the following Scriptures: Exodus 34:6, 7; Numbers 14:18; and Jeremiah 32:17-19.
Let’s give God the preeminence in our lives, in our marriages, and in our homes that we will bring blessings on our children and children’s children.
Love from Nancy Campbell