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Ready:
“A house is built by wisdom,
and it is established by understanding;
by knowledge the rooms are filled
with precious and beautiful treasures.”
- Proverbs 24:3-4
Set:
As a young wife and mom who was also teaching, coaching, and leading an FCA Huddle, one of the best tidbits of wisdom given to me was a reminder that “your first mission field is in your home.” So often when we are ministering to athletes, we feel as if our most important job is to give all our time and energy to showing them who God is and building a relationship with them. And yes, that is important; it is our calling as coaches. But God has called us to first live out our faith at home. If we are wives and/or mothers, we should be building a foundation that glorifies God so that our husband and children can go out and be disciples for Christ, giving God glory in all they do.
So how, amid the chaos and busyness of life, do we give God glory in our homes? I believe it starts at the beginning of Proverbs. The author writes, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge...” (Proverbs 1:7). To have a home that is filled with joy and glorifying God, we must first fear the Lord. This fear is a reverence, an understanding of who God is and what He has done.
When we are studying Scripture and spending time with God in prayer, we learn to know Him, and His wisdom will flow through all we do in our home. Having a fear of the Lord causes us to be in constant communication with our Creator. When we are living in a constant state of prayer, our outlook changes. We go from chaotic frustration and even selfishness to glorifying God, even in the chaos and craziness of life.
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