HI Folks,
I hope you had a good week!
We are going to continue on the topic of Mother's Day. This devotional mentions a young man, Timothy, who was raised by his mom and grandmother and due to their godly influence in his life, became a preacher when he grew up.
As parents, uncles, aunties and grandparents, we wish for the young people in our life to grow, prosper and
become something. However, God sees that a young person who gives his life to Christ, choose to live for Him
to the fullest extent of his being, shares the Gospel, leads souls towards a personal relationship to Christ as accomplishing a great deal, maybe not in the world's eyes, but eternity far outweighs/outlives the temporal..
This descries the young man Timothy. How did he become such a person? Time does not permit me to take you through the various New Testament passages that highlight all his spiritual accomplishes, but the two following passages show where his spiritual upbringing began and who was responsible for it:
2 Timothy 3:14-15, "But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."
1 Timothy 1:3-5, " I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, when I call to remembrance the [b]genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also."
Timothy had the Word of God read to him, spoken about to him and instilled in him since he was a child (childhood was considered starting at age 2). This personal faith in Christ began to grow and develop first in his mother and grandmother, and then they passed it onto Timothy. Now, faith is Christ is not given to our children/grandchildren etc.. through osmosis, thy must receive Jesus Christ for themselves, but we can then develop their love for the Lord through every day life and every chance we get. This passage describes incorporating faith in God into everyday life; https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deut.+6%3A4-9&version=NKJV
So Ladies and gentleman we can do the same, influence the young people in our lives for the Kingdom of God and turn out kids who make a positive, godly dent in this world!
I hope the devot. below is a boost to your week and the sermon link I included is also helpful. I heard it recently and thought how the principles stated from Scripture could apply to anyone who has has a young person in their life to any extent. The sermon also dives in a great deal deeper to who Timothy is, who influenced his life and how he turned out to be such a godly young man. There is a lot of wisdom continued in the sermon of how to turn out a godly kid whether you are a mom, grandma, auntie, uncle or teacher. Pray it's useful to your week!
Pray you have a blessed weekend!
Devot. https://www.icr.org/article/arise-call-her-blessed. (Used by permission. Taken from https://www.icr.org)
Sermon: https://www.faithcombible.org/sermons.html. (Under Assorted Topical Sermons, click on Influential People from Mother's Day 2019.)
