Things That Make Ministers: To Raise A Child

1 Kings 11:1-4(KJV); But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love…For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Every man’s relationship and experience with God is entirely personal.

Simply because a parent has a relationship with God does not mean that the child will automatically have a relationship with God.

That is the deception that some men and women of God have; they assume that their children will automatically carry the mantles they have or that they will serve God simply because their parents serve God.

No one simply inherits the gene that loves God. The church of Christ is not a monarchy.

This is why, even though David was the man after God’s own heart, because he did not teach his son Solomon true worship, Solomon ended up bringing idols into the house of God.

It is the very same reason why despite the fact that Samuel was a great man of God who feared and loved Him, his sons did not walk in the ways of the Lord (1 Samuel 8:1-3).

Parents in ministry, especially men and women of God have to teach their children to serve God; you have to let them know that they have to experience God for themselves and go through the patterns of growth too.

It is only in the place of personal experience that they will see God like you do and serve Him like you do.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Samuel 8:3, Proverbs 22:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Parents in ministry, especially men and women of God have to teach their children to serve God; you have to let them know that they have to experience God for themselves and go through the patterns of growth too.

PRAYER: My loving Father, I thank you for this instruction. I understand that every experience with you is personal and I yield myself to a deeper and personal knowledge of you. In this wisdom, I teach my children and instruct them on the way they should go. I point them to the God I love and serve every day. In Jesus’ name. Amen.