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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Ephesians 6:1-9, Psalm 145, Luke 13:22-30
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FATHER-FIGURE
"Fathers, do not anger your children. Bring them up with the training and
instruction befitting the Lord." —Ephesians 6:4
Notice that fathers specifically are addressed in the passage: "And,
fathers, do not nag your children lest they lose heart" (Col 3:21).
Fathers must not nag (Col 3:21) or anger (Eph 6:4) their children. This
means that a father must make sure that his word is effective as soon as
he speaks it. When a father issues a command, he must ensure — in a firm,
respected way rather than by a nagging or domineering manner — that his
word is honored.
We fathers are to imitate God our Father. It is beneath God the Father's
dignity to nag us. The Father commands us firmly and directly, yet does so
in a way that we never forget He loves us. This is where the father must
employ hands-on "training and instruction befitting the Lord" (Eph 6:4). A
father is not to "nag" his child ten times to take out the trash (Col
3:21). If his child doesn't comply when the father requests, the father
drops what he is doing. He teaches, accompanies, or disciplines his child.
Firmly, yet lovingly, he ensures that his command is followed. Like God
our Father, without yielding our dignity and authority, we fathers train
our children to obey their parents in the Lord (Eph 6:1) and honor their
father and mother (Eph 6:2).
It's tempting as fathers to want to take a shortcut and dominate our
children. Yet if we take shortcuts, so will our children, for they do what
they see their fathers do (see Jn 5:19). A father's vocation, in imitation
of God the Father, is to be personally and lovingly involved with his
children (see Jn 5:20). When we train our children in godliness, they
"will not swerve from it" (Prv 22:6).
Prayer: Father, help me to constantly teach and never lose patience,
whether convenient or inconvenient (2 Tm 4:2).
Promise: "The Lord is faithful in all His words." —Ps 145:13
Praise: For many years, Sam and his children went to monthly Confession
together.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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