Who Will Teach Them?

Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Focus Verses:  “Samuel continued as judge over Israel all the days of his life. From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places” (1 Samuel 7:15–16). “But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice” (1Samuel 8:3).

Samuel was a judge over Israel and kept busy traveling and working.  The work he did was good.  Although he served God, he neglected his sons.  When he appointed them to be judges too, they weren't ready to withstand the temptations.  In the end, they were a shame unto him and caused the people to reject God as King.

It will be especially easy for those in ministry to be obsessed with their work and even with what God is doing.  Please, when you are home, be a father or be a mother.  Invest in your kids' lives and minister to them.  They need to know you care about them.  They need to know that they can trust God.  They need to know why they should obey God.

Deut. 6:7 says, "You shall teach them (God's commands) 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."

~Page Johnson
Interlocking Ministries