“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6
The fact is clearly set forth that what we allow or disallow in our children, has long term effects upon their lives. But an even greater reality is the endurance of truth. The truth will withstand all attacks against it. No matter what a person does, thinks, or where they go, the truth will endure forever. Even if truth is denied with the mouth or one’s actions, it still remains the truth indelible in the heart.
Combine the power of truth with the mold of training, and this will become a force that will accompany the individual their whole lifetime. Reality teaches us that God’s creative power, His authority over His creatures and His training of them, did not make them incapable of wrong doing. By choice, the exercise of their own will, they followed Satan’s devices in sinning against God. We must not puff ourselves up into thinking we can do more for or with our children, than God could do with Adam and Eve. But we must also realize that through proper training, we are imparting unto our children that which will bear with them forever, being an inseparable part of their being.
Wherever you see people being saved, morality and uprightness being exhibited, it is due to the power of truth. Wherever you see proper conduct and conversation in action, it is the fruits of training. “Permissiveness” is the devil’s way, “correction” is the way of God. The devil does not want children to be corrected, nor trained, nor taught the Word of God. Here is what God says:
—“Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.” Proverbs 29:17
—“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” Proverbs 22:15
—“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.” Proverbs 23:13-14
I remember when I went to school, there were no shootings or killings. School was a safe place. Teachers were in control. Misconduct was quickly extinguished. What was different between then and now? The school was an institution of training, discipline, correction, and moral principles, where God’s Word and prayer were revered. You were made to know right from wrong, if you already didn’t know it. AND you knew you could not get by with rebellion and misconduct, because the principal’s rod of correction (and then the parents’, when they would find out about it) would make it unprofitable. You also feared the shame and disgrace of being a wrongdoer. THE GOOD OLD DAYS!
SHARING
