And all thy children shall be taught
of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Isaiah 54:13
Peace is something that we all want and
desire within our lifetime… To have harmony in life and be at ease within the
flow of the day is something that cannot have a value attached to it… Today, we
are given the directions that we must follow to obtain this peace and instill
it in our children’s lives as well… As a child, the word of God reminds us the
importance of teaching and/or training within the household… Believe it or not, one thing that is for
sure in this life is that your child is going to learn something… It may
not be the things you desire, but this is why teaching and training in the home
are of the utmost importance… So many people have delayed the teaching and
training aspect of parenting and this has allowed the enemy to take the reins in
the classroom and teach all the things which the child doesn’t need to learn…
It’s imperative that “Thy children shall be taught of the Lord,”
the enemy is a very enticing teacher and if you allow him in than your child
will never be at peace and therefore you will have several sleepless nights and
a mind full of worry… This is why we are told today that teaching your child of
the Lord will bring peace… The sooner that you realize that you must teach
about the Lord even in the womb, the sooner you can begin to instill peace in
your offspring… Make no mistake about it, whether you want to deal with it or
not; the truth of the matter is that you child will learn from whomever speaks
into their lives… If you don’t take this
word and begin to teach you will see what becomes of your child and soon
realize that you should’ve been the one teaching… Teaching and training are
required in the will of God because without them we all will perish… You child
needs to know about Jesus, but they also need to have Jesus broken down and
implanted in their lives… This means that you as a parent must spend time in
study and not just quote a scripture that you learn and remembered… Isaiah says
thy children shall be taught of the Lord…
You are required to teach them and this requires you to observe and walk in
obedience in Him as well… What God is it if you tell me about Jesus, but cannot
elaborate on why it is that I should follow Him…? What good is it if you quote
a scripture but cannot give me the background on what it means… It pains me to
hear people who quote scripture and in quoting it they use it out of context…
Children have been taught about Jesus, but the training which requires in-depth
devotion is lacking, so the peace you seek is not found… The children of God were
a rebellious people; however, Isaiah instructs us how to obtain peace even in
the most precarious situation and I it starts with teaching… Isaiah reminds us today that we are called to
bring up our children in the way of the Lord… So many youth have gone astray
and have fallen short and it is not because the children are bad, but because
they have not been trained in the way and will of God… Proverbs 22:6 tells us
to, “Train up a child in the way he
should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it…”
People have
often wondered why their children did not walk in what they were taught. One
reason for this is that many parents did not "train" their children,
but only "taught" their children about the things of God. Teaching is
sharing information, while training integrates that teaching into a lifestyle.
A child needs to be encouraged in this day and age, we need to recognize the
God given gifts they possess and encourage them along those lines. Training is a lot more tedious and
takes a committed effort on the part of parents. Training involves enforcing
and reinforcing what is being taught. You can teach your child about the
toilet, but they will never use it until they are trained… You have the ability
to train you child because you have been trained… The same principle applies to Christ; if you can’t teach and train your
child you need to check yourself and your own relationship with the Lord… Maybe
you can’t teach and train Him because you don’t know Him and if you don’t know
Him than you will never be able to obtain the peace that He imparts to all that
come to Him… We must get back to
training our children in the ways of the Lord. Notice the promise that is
assured when we instill the teachings and will of God; “Great shall be the peace of thy children…” Peace is calm,
tranquility and harmony; training a child is a tedious task, but with prayer
and dedication it will produce a fruit that was and is well-worth the sacrifice
and commitment that you have made… Turn
on the news and we see kids killing each other, go to prison and we see kids
standing in the midst of grown men with their future being tossed in the
garbage. More and more of these generations are becoming extinct and a
dying or decaying breed. Earlier and earlier kids are having kids, earlier and
earlier kids are becoming alcoholics and drug abusers. Look at the crime rate
in America; look at the graduation percentages of youths verse the drop-out
rate. It is time for a better hope, a better tomorrow and that starts with kids
being brought up in the word of God. This passage tells us that their will be
peace when children are taught of the Lord, we see parents arguing with their
children, we see kids runaway from home, but what we don’t see is a mother or
father telling their children they love them and more importantly that God
loves them even more. We don’t see them
telling them of the sacrifice made on Calvary, the fact that Jesus endured
beatings and mocking so that we may have a future. We don’t see them
talking about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther king and how they continued the push
that started over 2,000 years ago. Train up a child in the way he should go and
when he is old he shall not depart from it. TRAIN UP YOUR CHILD!
BE
BLESSED!!!
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