Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
I want us to focus on these two questions:
- How would Jesus have children obey parents who loved them…and those parents who showed no love towards them.
- How would Jesus want parents to help their children obey them?
Unfortunately, obedience is not highly valued by some; instead more stress is laid learning independence and fostering creativity. And while, these values are important, without a child learning obedience, any other value instilled will be built on a shaky foundation
Perhaps we, parents, can cultivate a better atmosphere where our children will be more inclined to obey us if we, ourselves, would become more attentive to obeying our Heavenly Father.
In closing, let us remember that when we hear of such commands in God’s Holy Word, we can be assured that He will give us the means to carry them out.
And that means, as you may have already gathered, is Jesus.