Don’t you love the twins in the Bible? Just a few of the many—Love and Faith, Grace and Truth, Mercy and Truth, Righteousness and Peace, Righteousness and Joy, Home and children.
Today, I’d love to talk about Wisdom and Righteousness. There are well over 50 different Scriptures where these twins are mentioned together.
I am challenged by Proverbs 9:10: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is Understanding.”
One of the greatest responsibilities we have as parents is to make sure these twins are intimate friends of our children (Proverbs 7:4). We want them to grow up with godly wisdom and understanding. But how do the get it? By getting to know another set of twins—the Fear of the Lord and the Knowledge of the Holy.
We should have two huge priorities in our lives:
1. To walk in the ear of the Lord and to teach our children to walk in the fear of the Lord. We want them to keep from the evil of this world. The Bible tells us that the fear of the Lord will keep them from evil (Proverbs 3:7, 14:16; 16:5; and Jeremiah 32:40). We must pray this prayer over them daily. We must seek the anointing of the Holy Spirit to keep them walking in the fear of the Lord.
2. To seek to know more and more of our Holy God and to teach our children of Him. The knowledge of the Holy is the greatest knowledge our children can receive. Have we got things in balance in our family life? Do our children receive more time in the day receiving the knowledge of God than they do secular stuff? Even Christian families can become very imbalanced.
One of the greatest ways we can ensure that our children receive fresh knowledge of the Lord each day is at our family Bible times where we gather our children every morning and evening to read the Word and pray together.
Don’t let go your highest priorities. “Hold the fast which thou hast, that no man takes thy crown” (Revelation 3:11).
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell