I was talking to a Christian mother Sunday who felt that she
had let her children down because she wasn’t able to help them financially the
way she wanted. She confided in me that
she’d always helped others less fortunate and now wasn’t able to do for her
own.
What this mom failed to realize was what she and her husband
had given them was far more valuable. They had raised their sons ( 18 and 20)
up in the fear of the Lord. They had taught them good work ethic. They had
taught them to love and help those who needed it. They taught them morals and
they did it most of all in a home where love abounded.
So, even if they leave her sons penniless (which I’m sure
they won’t) I’m confident that all will be well. Let me quickly add, less I
lose you. It’s good to leave your children money (Prov. 13:22)as a matter of
fact it’s not just good but godly. However, there are things that much more
valuable than silver, gold or the Benjamins.
The most valuable thing we can leave our children is a
relationship with our Heavenly Father. (He will make them joint heirs with
Jesus who owns it all) We are to nurture them that they will have a love for
God’s Word and that they will meditate (ponder) on it. Then we can be sure they
will have good success (Joshua 1:8).
Good success often bring riches. And, if you have trained them in the things
of God you can trust them with great riches being confident that they will use
them to the glory of God.
However, if you have failed to teach them, know this “a fool and his money soon depart.” If
that be the case, remember what Warren
Buffet said about leaving his children an inheritance. “I want to give my kids
just enough so that they would feel that they could do anything but not so much
that they would feel like doing nothing.”
This teaching was done by Catherine Ingram, VKMI Rhema Word 2.0 Sunday School Adult Teacher. And we thank her for this awesome teaching. Amen.
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