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For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him." Gen.18:19


My wife asked me the other day why God picked Abraham out of all the men of his day to be the one he would call to start off the nation of Israel and eventually bless the entire world through Jesus Christ. I didn't have a very good answer but now I do know something else.

God chose Abraham so that he could teach his family the ways of the LORD. Thus Abraham's primary role was to bring about a godly offspring even in the midst of a people that worshipped multiple gods and cared little for the One True God.

Over the years God has not changed His strategy for ensuring a righteous remnant can still be found. You and me as parents are his means of ensuring this. Like Abraham He has charged us with the responsibility of bringing forth godly offspring. Malachi 2:15 says; Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

How do we do this?

 Children are very impressionable and easy to teach. By default our children are always learning something that will one day shape their world view and perceptions of God. Fathers can be deliberate about teaching their children godliness by reading them bible stories every bedtime. Mothers can model and explain godly principles to their young ones as they go about their tasks. Fathers and mothers can pray with their children daily and indeed make this a family tradition. Will you do this so that God can bless you just as He promised Abraham?

And the single man or single woman has this responsibility too. How you may ask?

The single man must know that his times are not in his hands. It is his responsibility to pray for and seek the hand of a godly girl with whom he can bring forth a godly offspring. If he has not been called to celibacy, the longer he dawdles in indecision or self-doubt the more restless heaven becomes. Similarly the single woman not called to life-long chastity should diligently and patiently pray for a husband as she prepares herself to be a worth-while bride and wife.


Finally all, whether single or married must realise that one of the greatest purposes God keeps us on earth is to seek and breed spiritual children worthy of the great Name of God>Christ(ian). Biological children or not, each one of us must have a line on their spiritual C.V. reading;

Achievements: Raised up a godly offspring at home/Sunday school/campus/work-place.

How many children, biological or not, yours or somebody else’s, are you working to bring into the kingdom of God as men and women who will stand by God?

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