Recently I saw the highly acclaimed film "War Room". Even though there were numerous aspects of the movie that were enlightening as well as inspiring, there was one particular scene that really caught my attention. There was a scene where the mother was talking to her daughter. She asked her daughter did she know that she loved her. The daughter responded with a bit of doubt to her parents' love. When the daughter began to ask her mother a series of significant questions about what was going on in her daughter's life, the mother was exposed as to how out of touch she was with her daughter's life. Which in turn made the daughter question her parent's true love for her.
This scene really struck me because it made me wonder how many children are growing up in homes where, obviously the parents love their children, but at the same time, demonstrate a level of neglect that makes the child question the true love of their parents. This type of void and insecurity, I believe, is what leads to teen-age pregnancies, drug addiction and all types of juvenile delinquency related to peer pressure and lack of proper self-esteem. And what really blew my mind about it was, by all appearances (and of course it was just a movie), this seemed like a good kid.
Saints, in our churches, in our communities, in our families and particularly in our homes, we have a lot of good kids, but we don't necessarily have a lot of godly kids. I'm sure most of us know at least one family where there was a "good kid" that went bad. We scratch our heads and are befuddled how this could occur. One of the reasons is because good is no longer "good enough". We must instill "godly fear" into our children. Not fear in terms of them being "afraid" of God, but fear in terms of them having a "holy reverence" for God.
An apostle told me nearly a year or so ago, that God "has a Generation to bring forth". It is imperative for such a time as this, that we make sure that we are making a significant investment in the lives of our children. We must spend time with our kids. I'm not just talking about one's "biological" children. I'm talking about children in general. Whether it be children in our neighborhoods, children in our churches or children in our families that are not directly "ours". And once we invest in them emotionally, we must then invest in them spiritually. We must introduce our children to a genuine relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ. Going to church is not enough. Our kids now must know Jesus. It's time saints. As we progress through the second half of this second decade of the 21st century, we must make sure that we're raising Godly Kids, not just good kids.
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