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And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children… --Deuteronomy 6:6-7 Do you know the difference between knowledge and wisdom? As a parent, it is important to teach your children with discernment, understanding, and wisdom. Knowledge is the accumulation of facts. And, yes, we need an education and we need to be able to assess facts and figures. But Proverbs 24:3 says, “By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.” Why? Because simple knowledge isn’t enough. God teaches us to go a step further.  Wisdom is the practical and spiritual application of knowledge. Parents who make a difference teach their children how to put the facts to life and to work. And they also understand that school is not the primary source of a child’s education. A successful child is never fully educated until he or she knows the ways of God from His Word. I’m sure you’re aware of the anti-Christian bias in our schools today. It’s a war for the minds of our children! Secular humanists want to remove all mention of God from our textbooks and teachings, which eliminates wisdom from education and leaves just simple knowledge. So who will teach our children wisdom? Who will teach them about the Word of God and things like truth, purity, integrity, morality, and honesty? Parents. As parents, it is your responsibility and mine to impart the wisdom of God at home. If we don’t teach them diligently the truth about God, about Jesus, and about God’s Word, who will? We must commit to being mothers and fathers who make a difference by imparting wisdom into the lives of our children.   As parents, it is your responsibility and mine to impart the wisdom of God at home.

Fulfilling Responsibilities

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
1 Timothy 5:5–8

When Timothy was the pastor of the church at Ephesus, there were no government programs to care for the needy like we have in our society today. An elderly or ill person who was no longer able to work had to rely on someone else, usually a family member, for help or they would be reduced to begging. Paul’s instruction for the church regarding the care of widows was that each family care for their own to avoid burdening the church. This would leave only those with no family for the church to provide and care for.
That same principle applies across a wide range of life. Each of us has duties and responsibilities that we are expected and called to fulfill. When we do not fulfill our responsibilities, we leave a burden for others.
Perhaps you’ve read this little piece that someone wrote: “This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.”
Each of us have things we can accomplish for God that no one else can do quite as well. Each of us have opportunities to touch the lives of others that God places in our lives. We need to be faithful and diligent in each area the Lord places us.
 

Today’s Growth Principle: 

Rather than hoping someone else steps up, we should fulfill all the responsibilities God has entrusted to us.