DEDICATION

 

     Today we are looking at dedication it means being devoted or making a priority in your life.  The Lord wants us to be dedicated to Him.  He made a promise to Abraham that He would always be with him.  He made the same promise to us in Matthew 29:20. The Lord is truth and it would be against His character to go back on his word.  Samuel for example was dedicated to the Lord and his life was one of truth and the word of God. 

     When we dedicate a child to the Lord, we have an assurance that the Lord will be there even though we cannot.  Prov 22:6 says when you train a child in the ways of the Lord when they are old, they will not depart from it.  As parents we are to pray for an mentor our children in all aspects of life.  The most important thing to remember is that they are a gift from the Lord given to us for a short time so we must be good stewards of them.  That means are to raise our children to love and glorify God.  We are saying to the world as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. 

     We must remind our children that going to church doesn’t make you a Christian but you show by day-by-day example.  We show what a Christ like person by obeying and loving the Lord in practical expression of faith everyday.  To love, accept and forgive others.  To walk in grace, mercy and holiness.