June 25, 2010
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Parenting
Do you remember Jochebed? Her name is only mentioned briefly in the Bible, yet her faith changed the course of many nations. She had a son who was taken away from her, probably by the age of two. But in those few short months, almost two years, she so thoroughly imparted her faith to her son that he was faithful to walk in it for 120 years. He was taken from his people, poor and persecuted as they were, and was raised in the wealthiest palace in the world of that time. He received the education of a prince and was instructed in the worship of pagan gods. But when he came of age, it was not those gods that he feared. All the training in the courts of Egypt could not undo the first 24 months of faithful teaching by his mother. Moses chose to cast in his lot with the Israelites, rather than live as the wealthy of Egypt. He chose the faith of his parents, though he barely knew them. I wonder if we were suddenly taken out of our children’s lives, would they would remember the faith of their parents? If we have done our job faithfully, God promises that they will: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 If you really do this, you just might change the world.