Genesis
1:28 And God blessed them. And God said
to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have
dominion over the fish of the sea and over birds of the heavens and over every living
thing that moves on the earth”From the
creation of the earth, man received authority from God to use the world to his
advantage. Everything was put under his
dominion. Man, was to multiply and fill
the earth. Indeed over the years, man
has done everything humanly possible to make life easy for him.
Man has at the same time caused a lot of pain to himself.
In the New
Testament Jesus adds a new responsibility to what man was initially given on
creation. Apart from multiplying and
filling the earth, man is supposed to make disciples These disciples are to be
trained on what Christ teaches as well as be Baptized in the name of the Father,
Son, and the Holy Spirit who are here with us until the end of time.
This
command often referred to as the great commission is our God-given responsibility
as the Church to always teach and direct people towards the saving power of Jesus
Christ to the end of time.
Our
homes are the first Church. The molding
begins in the home before it gets to Church.
The two commands to multiply and fill the earth as well as teach and
baptize lie squarely on us parents. We
prepare the ground for the pastors. Theirs
is to confirm and commission the continuation of the process of filling and
discipleship until the end of time.
Molding
children is a collective responsibility therefore of each one of us
adults. Collective responsibility will
ensure that we work towards a common goal and share the same basic principles
of parenting regardless of our race, color, social status, or wealth.
In the
world today sanctity of life is a thing of the past. Killings, abuse, maiming, divorce,
separation, broken families, name them and you find them around us.
Childhoods
are precious moments because they form the foundations of our growth towards
adulthood. As parents, we have a
responsibility to ensure that we fulfill the responsibility of filling the earth
and following it up with training the children in skills that will enable them to
subdue the earth to their advantage as well as lead them towards the path of becoming
disciples of Christ.
As we carry out our responsibilities we should be cognizant of the devil's relentless tactics.
Let us not leave our children on their own. Let us equip them with the right skills that can lead them towards responsible adulthood. Sometimes they make their own decision and they may not be right, it is a process of learning. God’s attributes should be written in their hearts just like the stone tablets God gave to Moses- (The Ten Commandments).
No matter how strong or careful you are as a parent sometimes things get out of hand. How did it get to Cain killing his own brother Abel? Where was Adam and Eve?
What lessons can we draw from the conversation herein?
Proverbs 22:6 __ Train a child in the way he should go
ReplyDeleteand when he is old he will not turn from it . Children are blessing from God so as they grow they should be taught about the kingdom of God , and also taught what benefits we get in serving the lord hence forth we need to nurture their pontential so that they can be great people in future . In addition we should be our brother's keeper
We do correct where they have gone wrong . Psalms 11: 3 says when the foundation are being destroyed what will the righteous do . We need to guide them in the right path and the foundation should be firm for them to be strong in God's word🙏🙏.