Thursday December 15, 2011

Read Matthew 10:34-37

 

“It’s ok to be Christian. Just don't be fanatical!” How often I’ve heard those words. Fanatical Christians scare most people in the Western world, even people in the church! Radical Christianity turns a lot of people away because they are scared or worried about what it will bring.

 

Jesus in talking about the family advocates a radical and fanatical reordering of our priorities. God has always and will always continue to

love the family unit and support it. But in this radical new ordering God is to be the head of the husband and wife. God is to be the head of the children. Our first priority, whether we are parent or child, is towards God.

 

That radical new outlook affects everything we do. Parents strive to obey the Lord first and foremost. They seek to raise their children in the love and fear of the Lord. Their standard is set by God’s Word not the world, not the TV and not some pop psychology child expert. They model and live out  their  love for God and rear their children spiritually as well as physically, emotionally and educationally. Children for their part, show their love for God primarily by obeying their parents. As the children grow and mature they show their love for God by respecting their parents and by continuing to obey and by helping their parents. Even when children leave home, the call to respect does not die down. Geographical distance does not negate the call to obey and respect our parents.

 

In today’s world of broken families and non-biblical family units a Biblical family speaks volumes. There is something inherently attractive about a Biblical family unit that draws people to Christ and models in real ways the love of Christ for the world.  Your family (be it you and your spouse, you and your spouse and your children or you and your parents or you and your siblings) are a great tool for shining and sharing the love of Christ to the world around you. You are in a beautiful position to show the world in which you engage what it means to live under the headship of God, to have Christ as your Lord and to be in harmony with the one true living God.

Read Ephesians 5:22-6:3.

Spend time thinking about your family role and how you might change to glorify God more .

 

 

 

Prayer:

¨ Children Homes at State of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.  We have been able to feed and educate the poor and needy orphan children and refugee victim’s children. The total number of children we have is 210, out of that 200 children are getting support; we still require support for other 10 children.

¨ Please pray for them to receive hope of Christ in their lives.