Teach Them Dilligently to Your Children

Nehemiah 1:2 

that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem.  

As per the historical evidences, Nehemiah was born in exile. He grew up in an environment far different from that of his home country, probably more sinful, more alluring. He was in a very good position at the King’s palace, but still he remembered his brothers and his home country. Though born and brought up in an ungodly environment, though being in a luxurious position couldn’t make him forget his home country. I believe, this was possible because of his parents teaching him about God and His nation day and night.

Deuteronomy 11:19

You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

We worry very much about our children growing up in an ungodly world, with lot of distractions and attractions towards the world. But the encouragement is that when we make most of the opportunities prayerfully to share about God when they sit, stand, when they walk in the road, when they lie down, God will honour our efforts and tune our children’s heart towards His Kingdom.

Our evenings are quite busy, Isaac use to have German tuition, cooking, dinner, cleaning and winding up, feeding Ana, family prayer.. at the end, i will be very tired and will be rushing to bed after making Ana sleep. When I am about to close my eyes, Isaac used to nag me “Amma, story”. I used to be very tired and I used to tell him to “count till 200 in your heart and then I will tell u a story”, I don’t know whether he counts but both of us will fall sleep. But yesterday this verse really spoke to my heart. Bedtime story is an opportunity to share about God!! Then I rose up from the bed, took a biblical story book and read to him. The story ended up with a great truth and isaac slept then. I was happy that I could obey the Spirit’s prompt to teach Isaac about God when he lied down. I hope Holy Spirit works in heart through that story.

May we take up efforts to teach our children, when we don’t take efforts to teach them to follow Christ, this world will teach them not to!!!