A Passion for Teaching God's Word
A woman after God's own heart is first and foremost a woman who has in her own heart a deep and abiding passion for God's Word. And her children - not the children at her church, not the women at her church, not her friends, her neighbors, or anyone else - are to receive the firstfruits of this burning personal passion.
You see, God's Word - the divine law - has value for salvation and value for eternity. God uses His Word to draw people to Himself, and of course this would include our children.
Romans 10:17, "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
2 Timothy 3:15, "and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."
Isaiah 55:11, "So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
In light of this saving power of God's Word, we must place His Holy Scripture first on the list of things our children must know.
A Passion for Teaching God's Wisdom
Closely related to our call to teach God's Word to our children is our call to teach them His wisdom. Wisdom encompasses principles, counsel, traditions, models of praise, guidelines for decision-making, and godly practices based on the Bible -- practical and scriptural wisdom for daily life!
Deuteronomy 6:6-7, "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up."
As mothers who want to raise children after God's own heart, we make a decision to "go all out for the Gospel" and relate every tiny thing to God. We need to talk about God with our children whether it's the "in" thing or not.
Also, we must be aware that the practical wisdom of God is taught in two ways. The first is what we've been discussing, that we teach by our words, by our talk. But we also teach by our walk - by the way we live our lives. Our walk encompasses all that we do and say and all that we don't do and don't say. Our children are watching and we are constantly teaching our children something, either positive or negative.
How's your walk? What are your children seeing about God in you? What are you teaching your children?
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