Word for the day by Christian Education Forum

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Encouraging Children to Walk in Truth
 Elizabeth Philip

  St. John’s MTC, NY
4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

 
We have a lot of expectations and concerns about our children even before they are born. What do we teach them? How do we raise them? What will they become in life? Just like verse 4 says, “there is absolutely nothing that makes us happier than to see our children live in the truth.” This truth is our Saviour Jesus Christ.  John 14:6 reads, “Jesus answered, ‘ I am the way, the truth and the life; no one goes to the Father except by Me.” In order for us to reach our heavenly Father, we must first abide in Jesus, for He is the faithful witness (Revelation 1:5). A faithful witness is one whose words and actions are reliable every time. Jesus is the epitome of the meaning of truth. One of the greatest gifts we can give to our children is showing them the way of Christ. Proverbs 22:6 states, “Teach a child how he should live, and he will remember it all his life.” If we teach our children while they are young, they will forever follow the way of life that we taught them. It is much harder to teach children as they grow older because they begin to develop opinions for themselves and make their own decisions. The Psalmist says that we must tell our next generation children about the Lord’s power and about His great deeds and all of the wonderful things he has done. The gift of eternal life comes to people who believe Jesus as the truth. Our greatest responsibility should be to ensure that our children receive the gift of eternal life. Solomon’s proverb teaches us that honest people are safe and secure; honesty makes a good man’s life easier and keeps the righteous protected from trouble. Our lives in this world are only temporary, no matter what difficulties or hardship we face, we must always remember to keep firm in our faith because our ultimate destination is to have eternal life in Heaven with our Saviour. As Christians, we are to be like Christ and to be examples to our younger generation so that they too may grow in Him.

PRAYER

Dear Father, allow us to raise our children in truth. Help us to realize that with you, our children will have everything but without you, they will have nothing. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
“Discipline your children while they are young enough to learn. If you don’t you are helping them to destroy themselves” Proverbs 19:18 

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