I was amazed to read about some of the sons of Israel. I Chronicles 12:14-15 (NASB) says: “The sons of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand. These are the ones, who crossed the Jordan . . . when it was overflowing all its banks and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.”
What a vision! To raise a son who is equal to a hundred men! Or a son who is equal to a thousand other men! Wouldn’t that be amazing? In I Chronicles 26:29-31 we read about “capable men” and also “men of outstanding capability.”
Don’t aim for raising sons and daughters that are status quo and like everyone else around. Aim your vision higher. Educate children who will think like God thinks instead of the “dumbing down” spirit of this world. Raise sons and daughters who “know their God” and who will be “strong, and do exploits” (Daniel 11:32).
This morning I read the familiar Scripture in Matthew 5:13 how God wants us to be the salt of the earth. I checked the TPT and read: “Your lives are like salt among the people. But if you, like salt, become bland, how can your ‘saltiness’ be restored? Flavorless salt is good for nothing and will be thrown out and trampled on by others.”
I picked up on the word BLAND! Oh, isn’t that such a boring word? I don’t like bland food And I don’t like being bland myself. I don’t want my children to be bland. I want them to change the world.
We, and our children, will never be world changers if we are bland—normal, average, mediocre, middle of the road, lukewarm, ordinary! God does not intend us or our children to live this way. Jesus says in John 10:10 that He came to give us LIFE. But more than that. He came to give us life MORE ABUNDANTLY!
That does not mean bland! The word “abundantly” means “superabundant, excessive, exceedingly, beyond measure, vehemently.” How can we live bland lives when Jesus Christ, the Son of God lives within us?
Let’s not be satisfied with being bland ourselves. Let’s not be content to raise children who are bland. We are raising them to be the salt of the earth. To flavor everyone they meet with God’s life and truth. To fear God rather than man, for salt will often sting, but we and our children will not be afraid to speak the truth. For the truth, when it is received, restores, heals, and liberates.
Blessings to you today,
Nancy Campbell
Picture: Mother, as you raise mighty sons and daughters, you are pouring out salt upon the earth.