The Business of Kingdom Building

I am re-reading RC Sproul Jr.'s book, When You Rise Up: A Covenantal Approach to Homeschooling and this struck me:

"We are not training our children so one day they might build the Kingdom. We must remember, as we continue to grow in grace and become more effective in our calling, to ditch this notion that school is something you do for a time, and then you work. We continue to learn, while we work. And our children continue to work, while they learn. Your children are not simply in training, but are even now about the business of building the Kingdom of God."

This is a great reminder as to why we do what we do as parents. My prayer today is that we look at our children not only as little people dependent upon us, but as real participants in this calling of Kingdom building. Press on, parents, in His strength, for His glory!