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WISE FATHER’S EXHORTATION: Devotion for Tuesday June 28, 2016
Text:
Proverbs 1:10 – 19
Memory
verse: v 10 – My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent
The wicked are zealous in seducing others into
the paths of their wickedness; they love to have company in their sin and
crime. Nevertheless, they have so much the more to answer for (Rom. 14:12; Heb.
4:13). This should make young people to be very cautious. "Do not consent"
here is all encompassing; do not say as they say nor do as they do. It also
means do not follow them to do evil.
Furthermore, do not consent means you
shouldn’t have any fellowship with them just as Paul warns in 2 Cor. 6:14 which
says, “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what
fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light
with darkness?” Their idea of acquiring
wealth is very different from God’s ideal. Their desire is to steal and even kill
to acquire wealth. This confirms what Jesus said about Satan in Jn. 10:10. It
is absurd to think that it is a pleasure for someone to destroy another. It is
not a pleasure rather a quick ticket to hell fire.
Those who choose the wicked as their
companions will definitely become like them in character and their end. This
advice is the best a father can offer to the son. Unfortunately these days,
most parents don’t even care to know how their children acquired the wealth
they are flashing about in the society. Some will advice their children to do
whatsoever their hands can find them so far they come home with a car or build
good houses. All these are not evidence of good standing with God. Men may appreciate
and speak good of what you have ‘achieved’ but God’s verdict is what matters at
the end. Some others will even advice their children to do things immoral. Some
parents pay for their children to cheat in examinations. Some encourage their
children into immoral relationship with opposite sex. Parents, what advice do
you give to your children? Let the advice of Solomon here be a challenge and a model
for us.
Food
for Thought:
What kind of advice do you give to your children?
Prayer: Lord God, grant me the wisdom to always give wise counsel to my children and wards in Jesus name
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