WHAT FLAME ARE YOU IGNITING?

*WISDOM FOR TODAY*

*WHAT FLAME ARE YOU IGNITING?*

*Scripture Treasure.*

Hebrews 12:11 *Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.*

*Insight and Highlight.*

If you train your child to accept correction, you will be igniting the flame that will bring him to a future throne of honour.

*Scripture Commentaries.*

People ignite flames that may either keep burning or explodes.

If you ignite the flame in your child and it keeps burning, you have done well.

If you ignite the flame in your child but it explodes, you have fallen short.

We must never love a child to the point of showing kindness to him/her in their guilt.

Parents can be so overprotective over their children yet be so critical over other children under the same condemnable act.

Fillial love or love for family has overruled the cautionary role of parents to guide their children against the importance of fillial obedience and fear of God.

Many factors, among which are divided love, where one parent loves a child over another child against the love of the other parent is the order of most homes today.

This danger of unchecked behaviour is almost guided by the belief, though true, that no two children are equal and must never be treated or disciplined the same way.

However, we must know that the scriptures do not disciminate how children should be treated both in chastening and discipline.

It generalized saying in Prov 22:15:

*Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction will drive it far from him". 

The bible tells us that their 'foolishness' begins at the root and foundation of their lives. They lack the wisdom to do things right. They simply have no moral insight,

making unwise choices and behaving foolishly. 

Proverbs 22:6 *Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.*

The scriptures simply recommend the 'rod of correction' for every child regardless.

Proverbs 13:24 and Proverbs 19:18 both recommend timely discipline is crucial for a child's well-being. 

Prov 13:24 *He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.*

Prov 19:18 *Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.*

Most parents embark on discipline when their children are of accountable age.

If you lose time, your correction will no longer be a rod of correction, but mere information

A timely correction is a time you discipline your child for what he knows was not right to do.

Rightful timing of correction and discipline is when you are asking him to pay or be disciplined for what he does not do right, but you know it is not right for him to do.

An untimely correction is when you can not discipline him over what he does, knowing it is bad.

Wrongful timing of correction and discipline is when you are asking him to pay or be disciplined for what he is old enough to know was wrong to do, yet he does it.

It is hard to change, correct, and chastise a willing mind.

Your correction has turned into mere information.

Growth or a grown-up is out of the scope of God's definition of discipline. The child is now already 'old' or 'mature'' ref Prov 22:6.

Mindset can be a deadly foe in grown-ups. It is the mainframe of all their actions.

Most parents are partners in crime and a willing party to their children's downfal and their ultimate death.

Instilling the word of God into their lives can not be more important than making sure they live the word of God and the parent, ensuring they supervise such living without bias to correction.

Every parent seems to have a book of how a child should be raised, and so does every society. We are too defensive against what God who made them and gave them to us as custodians.

They are His heritage, and we are accountable.

No parent will be justified over any act of misbehavior in any child before God.

Children must be ruled by God's law, not by man-made laws.

Do not neglect correction.

If you overprotect your child in the face of guilt or you hate the advice to correct your child when you know he/she is wrong, you are igniting a flame that will soon burn close to their utter destruction.

*Remorse corner.*

Do not ignite or fan the flame of indiscipline.

*Call to Word action.*

Discipline is a way to show love and care for a child's future. 

*The Christian clarion duty.*

You can not love your child to the point of neglecting discipline. Love and discipline are inseparable.

*Prayer.*

Lord, help me never to over indulge my child. Help me never to raise my child against Your set down guidelines to godly parenthood and child upbringing in Jesus name.

Good morning, and be blessed as you come into His presence.

God bless you.