General Jody’s MARCHING ORDERS

And He said to them, “How is it that you had to look for Me? Did you not see and know that it is necessary [as a duty] for Me to be in My Father’s house and [occupied] about My Father’s business?” Luke 2:49 AMP

Jesus at the age of 12, when He stayed behind in Jerusalem, already had a drive and a destiny. He knew that it was His duty, His necessity, His driving force in His life to carry out the business, the plan, the will of His Father. At the age of12, what drives our young people? Is it God’s purpose or peer pressure? Is it to make wise choices or the foolish things of the world?

As parents and family, we have a God given responsibility to prepare our children to make the right choices. In Western society, we have constantly pushed back the age to which children are held accountable for their actions and choices while they are living in a world that forces them to make choices younger and younger. Our 8-9 yr olds are now being faced with choices that we never encountered until we were much older, yet at the same time, we have done little to prepare them for these choices. As parents, we have to talk to our children and understand the world they are growing up in. We have to actively participate in their lives.

We as a family and as a body of believers must come together to support our children, encourage other parents, and work together to prepare our children (which is much easier than to repair them as youth and young adults). It is our responsibility to help them “grow in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.”

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