Educating OUR children in godly ways is OUR responsibility
February 24 Bible Reading: Deuteronomy Chapters 10-12
Educating OUR children in godly ways is OUR responsibility
In our reading passage today, Moses continued to emphasize the requirements of a personal relationship with God, and reminded the moral laws that God had provided. Obedience to God’s word and submission to His will result in spiritual prosperity. "Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up" (Deut 11:18-19). There are three rules to be observed here:
- Let our
hearts be filled with the word of God - through regular reading and reflection.
- Let our
eyes be fixed upon the word of God – through visible unavoidable signs that we carry around
with us.
- Let our
tongues be used to teach our children the word of God – through our words and godly lifestyle
We can see six instances in
the book of Deuteronomy itself that Moses refers to educating our children,
and we can distill from these verses WHAT we should
teach our children:
- Deut
4:9-10: Teach about your
own salvation experience and especially the events that led you to the feet of
Jesus.
- Deut 4:14: Teach Godly principles and rules for
living an exemplary godly life.
- Deut 6:1-9: Teach how to love God passionately and
sincerely.
- Deut
6:20-25: Teach about your
spiritual journey so far and the miracles you have experienced during various
times of trials in your life.
- Deut
11:13-21: Teach about the
blessings that will follow if we obey God wholeheartedly.
- Deut
32:45-46: Teach about being
“careful to observe the entire Scripture” in daily living.
As parents, let us clearly understand one simple fact: “educating OUR children in godly ways is OUR responsibility”. Let’s take to heart all of God’s truth ourselves, and share them with our children as a way of life. Let us also understand that the richest legacy that we can leave our children behind is a godly example that they can emulate!
