Open Heaven 13 November 2020: [Friday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Spare the Rod, Spoil, The Child
SPARE THE ROD, SPOIL THE CHILD – Friday November
13th 2020
Memorise: Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod
of correction shall drive it far from him. Proverbs 22:15
Read: Proverbs 23:12-14 (KJV)
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine
ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him
with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Bible in one year: Matthew 28, Mark 16, Hymn: Sing hymn 6
Message:-
In the school I attended in my village, there were children from both affluent and poor homes. One day, a child from an affluent home committed a misdemeanour, and a teacher meted out corporal punishment to him.
Open Heaven 13 November 2020 – Spare the Rod, Spoil, The Child
This was an approved medium of discipline in the school but
the boy reported to his father who came to school the next day and beat up our
teacher. Our teacher reported the assault to the local police, however the rich
man had been there earlier to bribe them, so the police did not act on the
report. Our teacher, frustrated and deeply aggrieved, returned and divided the
class into two. He put the children of the rich on one side and the rest of us
on the other side. He vowed never to flog the children from rich homes again,
but would continue to do so to those of us from poor homes. Today, only a few
among the children that were not flogged have amounted to something in life. lf
you love your children, you would not spare the rod when they err.
Open Heaven 13 November 2020: [Friday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Spare the Rod, Spoil, The Child
Eli’s children grew to become wayward and God held him accountable for not being firm enough with them (1st Samuel 2:29-34). Conversely, God did not hesitate to bless Abraham because He was confident that the patriarch would command his children and household to keep Hi laws (Genesis 18:17-19). The second law of thermodynamics says everything left to itself trends to disorder. In the same vein, any child not strictly cautioned to behave properly will ultimately become spoilt.
Open Heaven 13 November 2020 Friday:Reflection
I know using the rod on children is now
considered child abuse in this generation, however, you must know that there is
a difference between correcting a child
in love and abusing a child.
“He
that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
Proverbs 13:24
The rod is not just the cane, it connotes
firm correction when children err. You cannot be permissive with a child all
the time and expect him/her to grow up with good morals.
God expects you to compel your children and
entire household to serve Him (Genesis 18:19). Don’t spare the rod.
Reflection
God expects you to command your children and household to uphold his
statuses, as Abraham did.
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