DCLM Higher Everyday 28 March 2023 — A father’s counsel
DCLM Higher Everyday 28 March 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — A father’s counsel
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TOPIC: A Father’s Counsel.
Text — Proverbs 13:1-6
1A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Key Verse: “A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke” (Proverbs 13:1)
Message
If Samson and Solomon had obeyed their father’s instructions, they would have left a better history behind. Both of them would have lived fulfilled lives. The parents of Samson dissuaded him from yoking himself unequally with unbelievers but he would not obey. He hooked up with Delilah, a harlot, and a Philistine, who brought his life and ministry to an abrupt end. David instructed Solomon to serve God with a perfect and willing mind.
Solomon deviated from the instruction. He forsook the law of the Lord and the outlandish women turned his heart away from God. Friend, it is foolhardy to think that the generational gap should make children despise their parents’ instructions.
Socialization, educational attainment, and accumulation of wealth cannot replace the wealth of experience passed to us through our father’s biblical instructions. We honor our parents when we accept their advice and admonitions. They make us to be wiser. There must be the desire to listen to our parent’s instructions and comply with them as long as they are in consonance with the Bible.
Quote: They make us to be wiser
Challenge: Obedience to our parents’ godly instructions brings blessings.
Prayer for today: Lord, help me to obey my parents’ instructions.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
