Training up children

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

God gives us children as gifts that we ought to treasure and look after. Just like the parable of the talent, we will give an account on how we used this gift and what we made out of it - Matthew 25:13-30 and Psalm 127:3 Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him.


We ought to bring up our children in the way of the Lord - to teach them good morals that shapes lives, and the truth that gives life.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.



God disciplines whom He loves and considers a son - Hebrews 12:6 “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.” Likewise , as parents we ought to train and discipline our children. In this age and time, society is afraid to chastise children. We allow them to have their way, and in the end, we have produced disobedient and greedy teenagers, some shooting and killing each other with knives. This did not just happen.... it germinated a long time ago when we put an end to child discipline, and got children thinking for themselves like adults, but without the prerequisite knowledge and wisdom to go with it.


Would you allow your child of age three for instance to play with fire? I guess certainly not. Likewise we cannot allow children to grow up without instilling in them the necessary discipline to make them good people and good citizens, and as Christians, faithful followers of Jesus. If we teach them what we ought to teach them in accordance to God's Word, it shall be like a ball and chain that leads them back to the path of righteousness should they stray.
Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.


In the secular world, there is a saying that we become what we repeatedly hear, see and do. Children are formed by what they hear, see and do. It is up to parents and guardians to ensure they hear the right things, see the right things and do the right things. We have to lead exemplary lives for them to follow.


Children soak up everything they are taught on a sponge, if we teach them truth, they shall live the truth. The onus is on us to play our part well!









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