If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
The scriptures here were talking about widows and how the families should care for them but I think it goes farther than that. I'm reminded how we are to love, provide and care for our families according to God's ways. Our foundation in Christ is one built on family, how can we be believers disconnected from this underlining truth? We can't! And that's why the scripture says that "he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." If we don't put an emphasis on family then we're out to use Christianity for personal gain.
I think about my family and how much I love them. And then I think about how my actions reveal or gauge that love; it's very inconsistent. If I were to arrange my priorities according to where I spend my time then the things I love is my guitar, work, computer, eating, sleeping... what's clear is that being with my family isn't my most love possession when I claim it to be. If I truly call myself a disciple of Jesus Christ and an adopted member of God's family, I need to be consist4ant in y faith; I need to spend time with those who are my family.
Heavenly Father, just as Your Son Jesus spent time in fellowship with You, I need to follow that example as well. There are so many valuable4 lessons You've given to love but the constant lesson and example I've failed to recognize was the quiet times Jesus spent with You. Forgive me for being disconnected with Your will. I pray for a renewed spirit within me that will refocus my mind and heart back on the Trinity's wonderful example of family. That's what it's all about and I need to remember that with both my heart and mind. Thank You precious LORD for showing me the basics of faith. In the matchless name of Christ Jesus I pray, Amen!
1 Timothy 5:8
The scriptures here were talking about widows and how the families should care for them but I think it goes farther than that. I'm reminded how we are to love, provide and care for our families according to God's ways. Our foundation in Christ is one built on family, how can we be believers disconnected from this underlining truth? We can't! And that's why the scripture says that "he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." If we don't put an emphasis on family then we're out to use Christianity for personal gain.
I think about my family and how much I love them. And then I think about how my actions reveal or gauge that love; it's very inconsistent. If I were to arrange my priorities according to where I spend my time then the things I love is my guitar, work, computer, eating, sleeping... what's clear is that being with my family isn't my most love possession when I claim it to be. If I truly call myself a disciple of Jesus Christ and an adopted member of God's family, I need to be consist4ant in y faith; I need to spend time with those who are my family.
Heavenly Father, just as Your Son Jesus spent time in fellowship with You, I need to follow that example as well. There are so many valuable4 lessons You've given to love but the constant lesson and example I've failed to recognize was the quiet times Jesus spent with You. Forgive me for being disconnected with Your will. I pray for a renewed spirit within me that will refocus my mind and heart back on the Trinity's wonderful example of family. That's what it's all about and I need to remember that with both my heart and mind. Thank You precious LORD for showing me the basics of faith. In the matchless name of Christ Jesus I pray, Amen!
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