Proverbs 20:7
“The godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children after them.”
As I read my Proverb of the day and I came across verse 7 it impacted me so much that I wanted to use this month’s Parent2Parent article to share what God showed me as a dad…
“The Godly walk with integrity…”
I had to ask myself about the first half of this statement. Who is Godly? Well I’m supposed to be right? And you will always hear preachers talk about the fact that God sees you when no one else does. But who is Godly? I believe it is the person who really WANTS to please the Lord. It is the person who wouldn't care who is watching them… they are going to do right because they want to make Daddy happy. To this person knowing that God is watching is a benefit, not something to be worried about.
I do have a strong desire to be a Godly man, I want to be the man God made me to be. I want to live a life being Spirit led and I want to be a doer of the Word. I think most people that would be reading this article would agree that they want that to be the testimony of their lives; to be all that God would have them to be and give Him glory in how they live their lives. But what does this have to do with our children?
“...blessed are their children after them.”
There is one thing that we must also remember about who is watching. Our kids are watching! They are watching and learning and following and being molded. Little boys just want to be like their Daddy. (I’m not telling you what I heard, I’m telling you what I know!) Little girls want to be like mommy. God showed me something that I already knew but coming through His Holy Word it became so much more powerful. My kids are watching me… your kids are watching you.
My grandma told me and Beth that when her kids were young God convicted her about her prayer life. She began to seek God because she devoted hours to prayer daily. What God spoke to her she never forgot and I never will either. God told her that although she spent hours in prayer her kids did not ever see her pray because she prayed after they went to bed.
Our children will be “blessed” because of the life we live, that is what the Word is saying here but I ask you to look deeper as a parent and I ask you this question… How blessed will your children be if you live a life of integrity, devotion to God, fervent in prayer, studying the Word, and loving others in front of them? They will be blessed and they will learn how to live the life!
“The godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children after them.”
As I read my Proverb of the day and I came across verse 7 it impacted me so much that I wanted to use this month’s Parent2Parent article to share what God showed me as a dad…
“The Godly walk with integrity…”
I had to ask myself about the first half of this statement. Who is Godly? Well I’m supposed to be right? And you will always hear preachers talk about the fact that God sees you when no one else does. But who is Godly? I believe it is the person who really WANTS to please the Lord. It is the person who wouldn't care who is watching them… they are going to do right because they want to make Daddy happy. To this person knowing that God is watching is a benefit, not something to be worried about.
I do have a strong desire to be a Godly man, I want to be the man God made me to be. I want to live a life being Spirit led and I want to be a doer of the Word. I think most people that would be reading this article would agree that they want that to be the testimony of their lives; to be all that God would have them to be and give Him glory in how they live their lives. But what does this have to do with our children?
“...blessed are their children after them.”
There is one thing that we must also remember about who is watching. Our kids are watching! They are watching and learning and following and being molded. Little boys just want to be like their Daddy. (I’m not telling you what I heard, I’m telling you what I know!) Little girls want to be like mommy. God showed me something that I already knew but coming through His Holy Word it became so much more powerful. My kids are watching me… your kids are watching you.
My grandma told me and Beth that when her kids were young God convicted her about her prayer life. She began to seek God because she devoted hours to prayer daily. What God spoke to her she never forgot and I never will either. God told her that although she spent hours in prayer her kids did not ever see her pray because she prayed after they went to bed.
Our children will be “blessed” because of the life we live, that is what the Word is saying here but I ask you to look deeper as a parent and I ask you this question… How blessed will your children be if you live a life of integrity, devotion to God, fervent in prayer, studying the Word, and loving others in front of them? They will be blessed and they will learn how to live the life!
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