Proverbs 22:6

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it ~ Proverbs 22:6

 

I live in a country where our children, and probably their parents, are biblically illiterate. When I grew up the Bible was taught, and many and most people attended church every week. I went to Sunday school and my first Bible was received when the Gideon Bible organization came into my classroom and gave us all a little New Testament. Children now only hear about the words of God if their parents happen to go to church, which, unfortunately, is not the norm for our world. Most certainly children do not hear about God as Saviour and Redeemer from our school systems, and if parents are not teaching about God, they have no way of knowing the life of faith and belief in One who will guide, comfort, teach, offer truth, give healthy boundaries. The world is a powerful deterrent to godly living and belief. It has pulled children out of the fold and into the secular. When children do not have a good influence in their young lives, what then is the foundation upon which they grow? Many of our young children are a lost generation, not only to faith in God, but lost in their very core. They have no hope. They seem to wander without knowing who they are or where they are going. When our children grow up in Christ, though the world is big, they know they are loved by One who will guide and keep them, who has created them for a purpose and will lead them to it. They know there is One they can pray and talk with when troubles come, and they know that One will protect them through those troubles. If your children or grandchildren are this lost generation, pray for them in earnestness. God will answer, though we know not His timing. Live your life as an example, for they do see your faith. Trust in the Lord for your family, that they would know Him as you know Him.

Pastor Julia

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