I am reading 2 Kings during my
devotions. For several years I have known that God punishes the
sins of fathers to the third and fourth generations, but he blesses to
a thousand generations. What a merciful God we have!
As I read about the kings after David & Solomon, I am reminded how
God does bless for fathers' faithfulness. Read these verses to
see what I mean.
And to his son I will give one tribe,
that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem,
the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name
there. I Kings 11:36
Nevertheless for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in
Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him and by establishing
Jerusalem; because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord,
and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the
days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the
Hittite. I Kings 15:4-5
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant
David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons
forever. 2 Kings 8:19
Since David was faithful to God, his family is blessed through his
future generations. God wipes away the families of Jeroboam, Ahab
and others because they were wicked and evil leaders.
As parents, we should strive to be faithful and righteous. Our children will be blessed in the end.
Kerry
Christian Parenting
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