How to teach children to see life from God's point of view
You are not an accident, your birth was not a mistake, your life is not a random nature, your parents may not have planned your conception, but God did, He knew everything from the beginning and waited anxiously. But how to explain these issues to a child? What is the importance of teaching children that everything begins and ends with God?
The child's ability to grasp / perceive / learn is so great sometimes to surprise adults. Observed this, it is a huge waste of opportunity not to take advantage of that "facility".
"When the theme is to communicate that we are Children of God, creator and sustainer of all things, that is what is more, intentionally, to show that truth to children." This knowledge is a remedy from above to immunize against the nihilism and thus live with purpose and hope.
Another positive effect on Bible teaching for the little ones is the possibility that they will realize that created things have higher purposes, and all have the "digital" of God.
Demonstrating love and how much the child is important to parents is the first step in that task. "If the child has that demonstration of love in the figure of the parents, he will have easier to understand that love within the sacred scriptures and how everything was created in the image and likeness of God.
Pastor Rick Warren remembers that God determined every detail of the human body. "He deliberately chose his race, the color of his skin, his hair and all the other characteristics, he made his body tailor-made, exactly the way he wanted to, he also determined the natural talents you possessed and the uniqueness of his personality."
In Psalm 139: 15, there is a clear message about that matter: "You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body, you know exactly how I was formed, part by part, how I was sculpted and came into being.
But there is not a recipe ready to point the way and the teachings to follow. So, how to do? It is almost impossible to choose a way to review those lessons, because in education there is not only one agent; There are innumerable situations and experiences that can interfere in learning.
If the child has that demonstration of love in the figure of the parents, he will have more facility to understand that love within the Sacred Scriptures and how everything was created in the image and likeness of God.
However, it can be said that the example is the best way to teach. If we speak one thing and live another, we can not expect our disciples to be tight and firm.
This type of bipolarity is not harmful just for us. We need to speak with enthusiasm, joy and emotion of what we believe and have behaviors consistent with our speech.
The Bible is clear: "The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me." But in what way can children understand that who directs all lives is the Most High, that all are created to be eternal? Actually, it is not an easy task to understand that the Father is sovereign over all history, including his. And although all are created with purposes that go beyond that walk here on earth.
However, although these affirmations at times seem to make little volume before the readings of life, they are the ones that need to be well stuck in the mind. Only the powerful and intelligent God gives meaning and direction to existence, be it here in this moment of life, or even in the future.
The Father does not act in a random way, because he planned everything in an extremely precise way. The more physicists, biologists and other scientists learn about the universe, the more it is possible to understand how much is suitable for human existence - made to measure with the exact specifications that make life possible.
POINT OF LIFE OF GOD
Can you ask yourself about how to teach a child to see life from God's point of view, explaining that stay on earth is a temporary assignment, is not it? This is perhaps an even more difficult task, because talking about the brevity of life is complicated even for adults, who still do not have it very clear in their thoughts.
When the theme is to communicate that we are children of God, the creator and sustainer of all things, that is why we must, moreover, intentionally, show that truth to children
Some people live as if there were no tomorrow and that is why they do not prepare to meet with eternity. I believe that to sign values on the God that acts in each stage and uses each moment for his glory is a way to be traveled.
But is there an age group indicated to learn those things? Yes, the current age is ideal. In any case. Even because it is not only the child who benefits from teaching.
Those responsible are also, with the content and even with the training of themselves, by ministering to the hearts of the little ones. So, every day is a day to teach, to expose the Truth of God for children. If your minds are not occupied with that, certainly, something else will fill your thoughts.
THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY
The family is primarily responsible for the education of the child. And it has the best opportunities: time, informality, practice. In the home, there is the possibility of teaching while living, and vice versa. And it is in this environment that the son spends the greater and better part of his time. And good to remember also that the child is a gift from God to the family. God knows that at home she has the best and most effective opportunities. On the family there is the blessing and the responsibility to speak about the things of God.
THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH
The Church is a partner of the family. Your time, your methods and your time to experiment are limited. Therefore, its influence is smaller, more restricted. Perhaps the Church will develop its best role in teaching and challenging families to observe texts, such as what is in Deuteronomy 6: 1-9, which instructs on what, to whom, and for what purpose to teach.