Eph. 6:1 CHILDREN, OBEY your parents in the Lord [as His representatives], for this is just and right. 2 Honor (esteem and value as precious) your father and your mother—this is the first commandment with a promise--3 That all may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.
Parents go to great lengths to make sure that their children are set on a path to success. It starts with looking for reputable day-care facilities that are not just glorified babysitters, but that are truly going to teach their precious ones how to read and write and start them on their road to achievement and prosperity. It continues throughout their young lives all the way to parents sacrificially assuring that their children are going to get the best education at the finest colleges.
God however has made a provision for our success in Ephesians 6 that is often overlooked. Paul admonishes children to not only obey their parents, but to HONOR them. He reminds us that God the Father was so serious about this command to honor our parents, that he made it the first commandment to come with a promise. The promise? Eph. 6:3 That all may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.
The description of honor that Ephesians gives us is to “esteem and value as precious”. When we esteem and value as precious both our natural and spiritual parents, we are assured success and long life.
There is a difference between being obedient to parents because that’s the right thing to do, versus taking it one step further and HONORING them – esteeming them, valuing them as precious.
When we consider the fact that we wouldn’t be here were it not for our parents who gave us life, that is reason enough to honor them. But that is only the very beginning. Parents have paid a heavy price to make us who we are today. Both our natural parents, and our spiritual parents are worthy of esteem and to be valued as precious, for they carry the scars, the wrinkles, the gray hair, that is proof of the experience they have weathered to give us what we have and make us who we are today.
Paul says to esteem and value our parents as precious. Think about how you care for your most expensive possession. What kind of care goes into your home, or that car that you keep so clean and polished, perhaps it’s a precious jewel, like a wedding ring. The care that we put into these things should pale in comparison to how we should esteem and value our parents.
If we violate the honor principle towards our spiritual or natural mothers and fathers, we forfeit God’s promise. If however, we treat our parents as God instructs us, esteeming them, and valuing them as precious, we are given a guarantee of success and abundant life.
Take the time today to demonstrate and express to both your natural and spiritual mothers and fathers just how much you truly do HONOR them, treat them as the precious jewels they are.
Parents go to great lengths to make sure that their children are set on a path to success. It starts with looking for reputable day-care facilities that are not just glorified babysitters, but that are truly going to teach their precious ones how to read and write and start them on their road to achievement and prosperity. It continues throughout their young lives all the way to parents sacrificially assuring that their children are going to get the best education at the finest colleges.
God however has made a provision for our success in Ephesians 6 that is often overlooked. Paul admonishes children to not only obey their parents, but to HONOR them. He reminds us that God the Father was so serious about this command to honor our parents, that he made it the first commandment to come with a promise. The promise? Eph. 6:3 That all may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.
The description of honor that Ephesians gives us is to “esteem and value as precious”. When we esteem and value as precious both our natural and spiritual parents, we are assured success and long life.
There is a difference between being obedient to parents because that’s the right thing to do, versus taking it one step further and HONORING them – esteeming them, valuing them as precious.
When we consider the fact that we wouldn’t be here were it not for our parents who gave us life, that is reason enough to honor them. But that is only the very beginning. Parents have paid a heavy price to make us who we are today. Both our natural parents, and our spiritual parents are worthy of esteem and to be valued as precious, for they carry the scars, the wrinkles, the gray hair, that is proof of the experience they have weathered to give us what we have and make us who we are today.
Paul says to esteem and value our parents as precious. Think about how you care for your most expensive possession. What kind of care goes into your home, or that car that you keep so clean and polished, perhaps it’s a precious jewel, like a wedding ring. The care that we put into these things should pale in comparison to how we should esteem and value our parents.
If we violate the honor principle towards our spiritual or natural mothers and fathers, we forfeit God’s promise. If however, we treat our parents as God instructs us, esteeming them, and valuing them as precious, we are given a guarantee of success and abundant life.
Take the time today to demonstrate and express to both your natural and spiritual mothers and fathers just how much you truly do HONOR them, treat them as the precious jewels they are.
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