If you love your children, you will want the best for them. You will want things to go well with them.
How can you make this happen? God tells us how. Deuteronomy 5:29 states: "O that there were such an 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."
1. TO FEAR THE LORD
God promises that things will go well with our children if we walk in the fear of the Lord. Psalm 25:12, 13 tells us that when we fear the Lord our children will "inherit the earth."
The fear of God is not a light thing. It means to reverence God and be in awe of Him (1 Peter 1:17) To tremble before Him. Do we fear Him in the way that we do not want to displease Him or disobey Him? We want to walk before Him in holiness, for without holiness no man will see the Lord (Hebrew 12:14).
Can we say that our lifestyle is one that fears the Lord? Are we a family that fears the Lord? We fear God rather than man. We fear God rather than submit to the vain and deceptive philosophies of this world.
2. TO OBEY GOD'S COMMANDS
God promises to bless our children when we delight in His Word and obey it (Psalm 112:1-3). How much do you delight in God's Word? Do your children see it is your life and sustenance? That you love it? That you seek to obey it? Do you love it enough to gather your children daily to read it to them each day?
Hosea 4:6: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge . . . seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."
Let's ask ourselves the question again. How much do we love our children? We prove our love by living the above lifestyle.
Blessings from Nancy Campbell