Sunday, November 23, 2008

All else from Him, All else for Him

We will tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.
Psalm 78:4

From Raising Children Who Are Confident in God, a sermon by John Piper:
"All Christian parenting and Christian education begins with God. There is One ultimate, unchanging Reality, namely, God. All else in parenting and education comes from him. All else is for him. He is the first and the last and the center of parenting and education. He is the main thing in how you rear children and teach children and discipline children. It all begins with God and it all is built on God and it all is to be shaped by God. If there is one memory that our children should have of our families and our church it is this; they should remember God. God was first. God was central. There was a passion for the supremacy of God in all things."

I know that truth, and I believe that truth, and I'm doing my darndest to live that truth, and even so, the responsibility of it sucks the breath out of me when I really consider it. All else from Him, all else for Him- first and last and in between. I consider often- I cannot mold my children's heart- that is for Him alone- but please, Lord, allow me to show "a passion for the supremacy of God in all things."

1 comment:

s. said...

Thanks for keeping the baton going! These words challenge and encourage me! Press on!