The Value of Family (3)

Two are better than one. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up. But if someone is alone and falls, it’s just too bad because there’s no one to help him…

Eccl. 4: 9-10

A Family is ‘A Learning Centre For Life’. If you’re not learning from your family, you are missing great opportunities. In family you learn basic skills for life; how to walk, talk, eat, all of life’s basic skills you learn at home. Psalm 144:12, “May our sons in their youth be like plants that grow up strong.” The Bible compares the family to a garden. It’s a place to grow people, a garden to grow to grow people in. Ephesians 6:4, “Fathers don’t exasperate your children; instead bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord”. A family should have training and instruction. Some have said that the bottom line in training your child is knowing which end to pat and knowing when to pat it. When you are training your children, it must often go through three stages: from parents’ control to self-control to God’s control.

Luke 2:52, “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man”. Jesus grew four ways: wisdom – intellectual growth; stature – physical growth; favor with God – spiritual growth; favor with man – social growth. The same goal must be for your family. Each should grow intellectually, spiritually, socially and physically. Our homes should be learning centres. Isaiah 38:19, “One generation makes known Your faithfulness to the next”.

In our home we should learn how to use the building blocks of relationships, character and values. Family members need to learn how to relate to one another. We can do this by learning to respect one another, by making allowances for the differences in our lives. Family members also need to develop character. Someone said that character is what you are when no one is around. Many families are Christian on Sundays and act as devils and critics the rest of the week. This ought not to be so. Family should also instil values. We should learn values at home about work, sex, time, money, play, God, and other people. Our values reveal what is truly important to us. Your family is a relay of values. You are passing the baton on to your children and they will pass the baton on to the next generation and so on. The question is, what are you passing on to your children?

Prayer: Father, I pray that You open my eyes to the value You have placed on families and help me to maintain Your value in the Name of Jesus, Amen.

Further Reading: Psalm 68:8

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