Specifically, I hope every parent of a young child at Ebenezer will read this. But it applies to every parent I know. There is a battle waging for the hearts of your children. Satan is trying everything he knows to steer them away from a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. And much of his success or failure will be placed in YOUR HANDS.
Been praying and thinking a lot today. Thinking about my role at Ebenezer. Thinking about how one day, I will stand before God and He will not only ask me about how I lived my life, He will hold me accountable for how I shepherded His flocks at the churches I have served. One huge truth swelled up in my heart today and, even though I seldom EVER blog on a Saturday, I had to write this down. One of my jobs is to remind parents of this fact:
YOU will teach your children FAR MORE about the reality of a relationship with Christ than I ever will.
Your children will see if God is real to you in how YOU SERVE HIM. HOW YOU REVERE HIM. HOW YOU WORSHIP HIM. Makes me wonder about what the children of parents who send them to church but never make time for it themselves REALLY think about God. I KNOW there are parents with jobs that prevent them from being at church, and I KNOW there are circumstances that sometimes prevent it. But how about those times when parents do the drive-by and then go out with friends or do their own thing?? Those that deep down, if they really would admit it, don’t find a relationship with God to be all that?? What are they teaching their children about LIVING FOR CHRIST?
But those are not the only parents who need to think about this. WE ALL DO. Because how we handle adversity and how we deal with crises and how ethically we do business with others ALL teach our children about how people live and conduct themselves. We are teaching our children the realities of God by HOW WE LIVE. No excuses. No bones to be made about it.
Even when we do our best, ULTIMATELY, each child will grow into an adult and be responsible for their own decision. All a parent can do it do their best to show Christ to their children. Some parents do the best they can to show their children Christ and the children still grow up and go their own way … Don’t ever stop loving, praying, and showing them Christ!!
What are YOU teaching your children about God? Because you will teach them far more than I ever will …
The Random Thinker 
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