WEDNESDAY August 18, 2021

A Father’s Godly Counsel

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the LORD.
Psalm 1:1-2

Before King David died, he gave wise counsel to his son. Solomon would be the next King of Israel, and he needed to obey the Lord:

Show yourself to be a man. Do what the Lord your God tells you. Walk in His ways. Keep all His Laws and His Word, by what is written in the Law of Moses. Then you will do well in all that you do and in every place you go (1 Kings 2:2-3).

King Solomon also gave wise instructions to his son. He advised him to hear instruction and not to forsake what was told him by his mother. Solomon also gave his son wisdom and knowledge to help him avoid the common pitfalls of life. His son should not keep bad company:

My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother; for they will be a graceful ornament on your head, and chains about your neck. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent (Proverbs 1:8-10).

When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things, from those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; who rejoice in doing evil, and delight in the perversity of the wicked; whose ways are crooked, and who are devious in their paths; to deliver you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words... For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead; none who go to her return, nor do they regain the paths of life—so you may walk in the way of goodness, and keep to the paths of righteousness (Proverbs 2:10-20).

As a father, what kind of counsel are you giving your children?

Before you can teach children, you must get the silver key of kindness to unlock their hearts, and so secure their attention.
~C.H. Spurgeon~

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