Proverbs 14: 26-27
Those who fear the Lord are secure;
Everyone who recognizes God's power and authority over us all will have placed their lives on the firm foundation of His unchanging Person and Word.
He will be a refuge for their children.
They will have reared their children to know the Lord, and to trust in Him.
Fear of the Lord is a life-giving fountain;
Submitting to God's authority and living according to His principles will bring abundance and prosperity in life, in the physical and the emotional areas of life.
It offers escape from the snares of death.
Snares are small traps, for capturing small animals. Snares of death would be all the little things in life that tend to trip us up in our everyday living that, accumulating, would lead to poor health, troublesome relationships, and separation (death).
The better we know God and His ways and follow them, the more we will be able to enjoy this world He made and the people He has put into our lives. We will have the benefits, and He will receive the credit, the glory, because that's how He designed it all to function.
I pray for the children of all those who have tried to live their lives in a godly manner, and taught their children so, as I know that all these children also have their own minds and wills, and some will reject what they have been taught and trust their own minds and the world's philosophies over the Lord's ways.
We cannot reason or argue them into God's Kingdom, all we can do is love them with God's agape love and keep them constantly in prayer. As they grow up and leave our parental hands, they are in His hand now.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
