1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.
That’s David talking to Solomon, after the Lord dashed his hopes and plans to build Him a fabulous House of Worship, because of his nefarious activities. Instead, the Lord said that his son Solomon would build it. However, David was savvy enough on the workings of God, not to let that disappointment sting his ego too much. Neither does he mince words, he gets straight to the point. And it’s a simple, straightforward message: Know Our God, learn about Him; serve Him willingly and truthfully, because He’s all powerful and knows all our thoughts and desires. You can’t hide anything from Him. And if you actively seek Him, you’ll find Him. But if you ignore Him, He’ll do the same to you, at your great loss. These are the things we should be telling our children from birth, so it can seep into their subconscious and lay a good foundation. Then we’ve got to find ways to continually keep Him front and centre in their lives, otherwise we’ll be doing them a great disservice. A lot of parents aren’t doing that today, for whatever reason, that’s why so many young people are turning away from God. The bright lights and beautiful, valueless, inanimate things of the world are making a bigger impact on them than our God. That means we are failing our children, a sad commentary on us. Is it too late to fix it? I hope not. And how do we fix it? I’m not sure. All I know is that we can’t give up without making a serious effort. We obviously can’t brow beat them with it at this late hour. That’ll just drive them further away. Hopefully a gentler approach will work; where we keep talking, not preaching, picking our spots a little more judiciously, and most important, living the kind of life we’re talking about, then leaving the rest to the Master. It’s been proven that examples work more forcibly on the mind than words or precepts. Much LOVE…and plenty, plenty, plenty luck with bringing our children back to the loving arms of the Most High. Sorry Daughter, couldn’t make it any shorter. Yuh know the ole fella, once he thinks it’s important, he’s got to have his say.
That’s David talking to Solomon, after the Lord dashed his hopes and plans to build Him a fabulous House of Worship, because of his nefarious activities. Instead, the Lord said that his son Solomon would build it. However, David was savvy enough on the workings of God, not to let that disappointment sting his ego too much. Neither does he mince words, he gets straight to the point. And it’s a simple, straightforward message: Know Our God, learn about Him; serve Him willingly and truthfully, because He’s all powerful and knows all our thoughts and desires. You can’t hide anything from Him. And if you actively seek Him, you’ll find Him. But if you ignore Him, He’ll do the same to you, at your great loss. These are the things we should be telling our children from birth, so it can seep into their subconscious and lay a good foundation. Then we’ve got to find ways to continually keep Him front and centre in their lives, otherwise we’ll be doing them a great disservice. A lot of parents aren’t doing that today, for whatever reason, that’s why so many young people are turning away from God. The bright lights and beautiful, valueless, inanimate things of the world are making a bigger impact on them than our God. That means we are failing our children, a sad commentary on us. Is it too late to fix it? I hope not. And how do we fix it? I’m not sure. All I know is that we can’t give up without making a serious effort. We obviously can’t brow beat them with it at this late hour. That’ll just drive them further away. Hopefully a gentler approach will work; where we keep talking, not preaching, picking our spots a little more judiciously, and most important, living the kind of life we’re talking about, then leaving the rest to the Master. It’s been proven that examples work more forcibly on the mind than words or precepts. Much LOVE…and plenty, plenty, plenty luck with bringing our children back to the loving arms of the Most High. Sorry Daughter, couldn’t make it any shorter. Yuh know the ole fella, once he thinks it’s important, he’s got to have his say.
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