I am not a father, and my dad died some time ago. Looking back on his life and understanding how he raised me up was a wonderful lesson in life. Today’s topic is about the real truth in raising a child by God’s standards from the book of Proverbs and other scriptures
Train up a child in the way he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 KJV
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 1:8 KJV
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4 KJV
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Colossians 3:21 KJV
From these verses we see some very interesting points about what the Bible says to the father in respect of raising their children. We are going to look at each passage to understand the right and wrong in raising a child. Remember I am not a father but all this I did learn from my father so I need to spread it, so it can help others along the way.
The verses I will be starting with are Colossians 3:21 and Ephesians 6:4. Provoke not your children to wrath or anger. Those words wrath means strong anger. The word anger means a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility against someone or something.
Provoke means,” “to call forth,” hence, to excite or stir up. Therefore one of the father’s responsibility is to make sure he doesn’t do something to his child that will have a long term anger against those things in life.
From looking back on my life I see I had a father that loved his family and he did all he could to make sure his family was happy and taken care of. I can agree we didn’t see eye to eye on things but we came to an understanding.
Being provoked to anger wasn’t a part of father’s intention. His main intention was to make sure his family knew and understood the consequences in life. If you do right then there shouldn’t be any problems, but when you do wrong you will pay the price.
My father was a man with common sense. He trained me in knowing things that made logical sense. He may not have gone to church that often, but he had Godly morals and principals to teach me.
Tomorrow I am going to look at the bad side of being a father. As we continue on with today’s topic we can learn that the Bible tells us to train up a child in the way he should go. For me that is what my father did. He gave me sound advice to go after those things in life. Follow your dreams.
He gave me a sense of security. The ability to understand the value of life and what it was worth. He gave each of his children responsibility to do outside and inside the house. My father wasn’t a man to provoke any harm to his children, he was very proud of each, and he wanted the best for us.
Yes my father taught me a valuable lesson as a young child. It helped me to see a brighter future in my later years. His love was strong until he passed away. I wanted to share this with somebody so they could see what could happen if when you do have a strong father presence within your life
When a man can become a father or dad, he has to understand things will be changing. His has now a greater responsibility of raising the child. Will he give the child some good advice or just let the child grow up on his own. Does anybody understand the importance of a father figure in a boy’s or a girl’s life. They need that support, they need that love from their father, that their mother can’t give them.
The bond between the father and child is special. When it comes to a father who has God as his LORD of his life, that is a plus. The father now can help the child to see the truth about God. If the child doesn’t want to see that truth, the father did his part. He is trying to let the child grow in the understanding of the things of God, so they can gain the knowledge of the real truth of things in life.
I said something before and that was what my father told me about consequences. What I did good or bad in life, has a way of coming back to you. You will get what you have planted. When you plant into your child, Godly advice, or wisdom, it might sink in. One thing the father does know at that time he did what he was supposed to do. It’s now up to the child to accept the father’s advice or not.
The final word is this to have a real father presence, specially that of a Godly man that is the key to a child’s life. It could do wonders to a child because of a true father figure in their life. Meaning when the father is truthful and trustworthy in the things of God. A real nature of a man in raising up a child.
These things are not set in stone but are the way I grew up and not all family function the same. God loves us and he is the head over all. Thank you again
Givinhope Evangelistic Ministry with minister John Corum. A word of enlightenment and encouragement to somebody in the world today
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