If I don’t pass on my faith to my children … I have
misunderstood God’s call on my life.
Don’t keep it to yourself; make an intentional effort to pass on your
faith to the next generation.
I have come to believe that the most important assignment I have as
a father is to pass on my faith to those coming behind me. I may
experience a deep and personal walk with God. I may serve God with all
my heart. But if I don’t pass on my faith to my children … I have
misunderstood God’s call on my life.
God gave me a family and charged
me with the responsibility of pouring my faith into their lives.
I also believe that passing on our faith goes far beyond just our
immediate family. As a part of the family of God, we have children
growing up in our churches that are watching us.
If we don’t
intentionally pass on our faith, our walk with God and years of service
will die with us. I am not talking about just telling our faith, or
even living our faith. I want to intentionally pass on my faith.
That
means bringing the next generation along with me as I serve the Lord.
That means taking the time to be with them and talk about what God is
doing in their lives. That means making sacrifices in order to help them understand the Christian faith in the world in which they live. That means doing whatever it takes to help them live out their walk with God.
Consider Psalm 78:5-8. “For He established a testimony in Jacob, and
appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they
should make them known to their children; that the generation to come
might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise
and declare them to their children, that they may set their hope in
God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments.”
Do you have a testimony? Do you have a story of God’s love?
Then
don’t keep it to yourself; make an intentional effort to pass on your
faith to the next generation.
I have come to believe that the most important assignment I have as
a father is to pass on my faith to those coming behind me. I may
experience a deep and personal walk with God. I may serve God with all
my heart. But if I don’t pass on my faith to my children … I have
misunderstood God’s call on my life. 