Faith - The One Year Devotions for Moms

Faith

And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to live in obedience to him. Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done. Don’t let anyone lead you astray with empty philosophy and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the evil powers of this world, and not from Christ.

Colossians 2:6-8

Pastor Gary Dausey tells about a time his father asked him to cut sixty-four two-by-fours to a certain length. To get him started, Gary’s dad cut one board as a pattern and asked Gary to cut all of them that size. So Gary used the pattern to cut the first board. Then he picked up the board he just had cut and marked the next board, used that board to mark the next, and continued in that manner until he was finished. It wasn’t until he completed the project that he realized there was a problem: the last board was several inches longer than the pattern he had been given. Why? Because he hadn’t used the pattern as his measuring stick. Gary was reminded that the pattern of faith we need for the foundation of our lives must be primary, not two or three generations away. We must go straight to the source.

As Christian moms, we desire to see our children develop in their faith. Just as our Christian life begins and grows through our faith in Christ, so theirs must begin and grow because of their faith in Christ. We can encourage this by nurturing our children’s hearts through time in God’s Word.

If our children are not rooted in Christ and grounded in God’s Word, they can be drawn into beliefs that aren’t true, resulting in unwholesome behavior and separation from God. We want our children to believe not only that Christ is important but that he is everything!

Father,

Thank you that the Bible provides nourishment for us. Please help us to point our children to personal faith in Christ through time spent in your Word. Amen.