What are you leaving your children?

1Ch 22:11 — 1Ch 22:19
Now, my son, the Lord be with and prosper you in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you.
Only may the Lord give you wisdom and understanding as you are put in charge of Israel, that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
Then you will prosper if you are careful to keep and fulfill the statutes and ordinances with which the Lord charged Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage. Dread not and fear not; be not dismayed.
In my affliction and trouble I have provided for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron without weighing. I have also provided timber and stone; you must add to them.
You have workmen in abundance: hewers, workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skillful in doing every kind of work
With gold, silver, bronze, and iron. So arise and be doing, and the Lord be with you!
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
Is not the Lord your God with you? And has He not given you peace on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and His people.
Now set your mind and heart to seek (inquire of and require as your vital necessity) the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into the house built to the Name and renown of the Lord.

So many parents desire to leave their children and inheritance of some sort that is worth something.  Some will open savings accounts or save up money to give to them.  Some will buy items and set them away to give to the children either when they become adults or when the parents pass away.

Yes, it is important to have something for the children when they get older, but the truth is that nothing down here on Earth is going to last.  It will all pass away anyway.

So, what is the best thing we as parents can leave our children?  We can leave them a plan for them to set up their own relationship with God.  This is what David did.  He did not just plan the temple for Solomon and tell him about it, but he set things aside for the building of the temple.

1.  Tell your children about how to set up a temple in their lives to God.

They will never know unless you tell them.  As parents we need to be teachers.

2.  Set aside the things they need to build that temple.  Children need to be taught how to study the Bible, how to pray and how to fast.

We need to teach our children not to set our affections on things on Earth but on things above.

Lord, help me today to teach my children to walk after your ways and to have a relationship with you.