What Role Does God Play in Your Child’s Life?

With autumn fast approaching, many children are headed back to school, where they will start the new academic year and enroll in many extracurricular activities. Homeschoolers are restructuring their studies and beginning other new activities as well. Today, it’s important that you take some time to look at your child’s daily schedule of activities. What do you see? What should you see? Do you see that Christ is at the helm of your child’s daily life, or has He been delegated to a lesser role?

Art projects, music lessons, soccer games, and the myriad of other school related activities all have their place and are an integral part of your child’s educational and social development. However, no activity should ever supplant the need for daily devotions, regular Biblical readings and discussions. Without this Bible based approach to learning, a child may begin to feel that ‘he’ is empowered to make decisions, without checking in with God first. He decides which subjects he will engage in and which he will ignore. His character is gradually being shaped by his will not God's will.

A child, who does not have God at the helm of his life, may begin to feel a false sense of pride when he excels academically. Likewise, the feeling of humiliation may cause his self-esteem to plummet when he fails that dreaded test. Conversely, a child who is Christ centered, will see his successes and failures in a more balanced way. This complete trust in God's plan for his life, allows the child to develop the confidence and willingness to finish that difficult academic assignment as well as tackle other educational and social challenges that need to be faced.

By making certain that your child’s life is fixed in truth, you will be careful not to bring in extracurricular activities that may be so appealing that, in the end, Christ is given a subservient role.

The entries in this blog will help you to plan lessons that are related to different themes, events and pivotal people in the Bible. Use the ‘keyword’ box to type in words for Bible based lessons. You can also peruse through the archives to find topics that God is calling you to explore. You will find many useful resources links to free hands-on lessons, pdfs, and object lessons for each of these topics. May God richly bless you and your family for your faithfulness this school year.