DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 19 Dec 2024 

TOPIC:  The God-Fearing Family

TEXT: Psalm 128:1-6 (KJV)

KEY VERSE
“Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.”
Psalm 128:1

DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 19 Dec 2024 Message

Jonathan Edwards was a Puritan preacher in the 1700s and a great one, too. He preached the unforgettable sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Edwards married his wife, Sara, in 1727, and they were blessed with eleven children. On the family front, he was an impactful father. He would spend an hour every night conversing with his family and praying over each child.

One hundred and fifty years after his death, one Albert Winship conducted research revealing the great legacy Edwards and his wife, Sarah, passed on to their eleven children. The legacy includes one U.S. Vice-President, one Dean of a law school, one dean of a medical school, three U.S. Senators, three governors, three mayors, thirteen college presidents, thirty judges, sixty doctors, sixty-five professors, seventy-five Military officers, eighty public office holders, a hundred lawyers, a hundred clergymen, and 285 college graduates. The list is endless. This was a result of the godly lifestyles of the parents.

READ DCLM Daily Manna Wednesday 18 December 2024 – Where Is Your Faith?

In our text, the psalmist spoke about the rewards for those who fear the Lord and walk in His ways. He said they shall eat the fruits of their labour and it shall be well with them. They would be blessed with stable and flourishing families. Their wives shall be blessed with children aplenty. The Lord shall bless them with long life to see generations of their children, and they shall reap from God’s goodness and peace on their land.

Only God has the portrait of an ideal, happy family. The so-called modern family idealized by popular media is a far cry from this picture. The chickens are coming home to roost. The rejection of God in the family and the consequences of rebellion against His word in society are haunting our world already.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Sow the seed of godliness in your children and reap from it in later years.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Ezekiel 6-8