READ: 1
SAMUEL 2:12-25
A lot of
parents are blind to the fact that the future of their children or wards rises
or falls on the level of their (parent’s) prayers. You may leave a huge
financial or materiel heritage to your offspring but if you do not invest
prayer efforts in them you have not done them any good. Of all legacies, the
“legacy” of prayer is the greatest. If you pray for your children and wards,
you will secure their future. Parents should intercede for their children. I
counsel you to intercede for the salvation of the souls of your children. In 1
Samuel 2:27-36, God reminded Eli that He had said his father’s house would
stand before Him for ever as priests. He said because Eli had honoured his
children more than Him, by the time He finished with him, there would not be
any old man n his house. Many of us do not tell the truth to our children.
Maybe because we are afraid of them, or because, we do not want to hurt their
feelings. If you mislead your children they will blame you. They may even turn
round to harm you. Pray for the salvation of the souls of your children so that
they will not destroy you. I have always prayed that my children should be
greater than me. This is the only way your family name can prevail. If your
sons are lesser than you, their sons may also be lesser than they. Before you
know it, your name will be forgotten. This may be one of the reasons why, in
Africa, big names do not endure. Genesis 19:30-38 tells us one of the many
stories in the Bible. There was a man called Lot whom the Bible refers to as a
righteous man. When God was about to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, He rescued
Lot, his two daughters and his wife. The wife, because she was more interested
in material things, looked back and became a pillar of salt. This was loss
number one for Lot. Apart from the loss of his property in Sodom and Gomorrah,
he ad his two daughters went ahead to live in a cage. Because the two daughters
were not righteous, they decided to get their father drunk so that he could
have sex with them. Their plans succeeded and the first daughter gave birth to
Moab while the second one gave birth to Ammon. These were sons that were cursed
from the womb. The entire heritage of Lot became evil because he did not pay
attention to the future of his family right from the onset. Do not rest until
your children become far superior to you; spiritually. Invest in the future of
your children. Spend time praying for them. You must specifically pray about
the future generations. Tell God that you do not want your memory to be wiped
out as a result of stubborn and ungodly offspring.
MEMORIZE:
EPHESIANS 6:4 –And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but
bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
