WHAT WILL BE YOUR SCORE SHEET?

Dearly Beloved, WHAT WILL BE YOUR SCORE SHEET? “[Jotham] did what was right in the sight of the Lord; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done” (2 Kings 15:34 NKJV). Recently, the theme of my family's morning devotional thought was about following good examples of fathers, as Uzziah and Jotham demonstrated. Both of them were kings in Judah. The former was the father of the latter. In the early years of Uzziah as king, he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and, undoubtedly, he instructed his children in the ways of the Lord and laid good examples for them until later in his years when he was successful and became proud towards God. However, his son followed his good example. As I led the devotional thought that morning, I emphasized that fathers should not only instruct their children to do good things, but they (the fathers) should be ready to show the example of doing good things to their children. Since the message that day was directly for me, the father of the house, I was challenged to allow my children to frankly tell me the good and bad examples they see in me. It was like giving them score sheets to evaluate me. Each of the children told me what they consider as good and bad in my behaviours. I decided not to defend myself that day for the good and seemingly bad behaviours they pointed out. As a father or a leader, can you allow your children or subordinates to evaluate you openly? What will your score sheet be if your children or subordinates have such an opportunity? Fathers have a great responsibility to show their children good examples. That is the best legacy they can give their children. Will your children score you high on this? What will be your score sheet? Happy Father’s Day! In His service, Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor). Prayer Point: Pray for fathers for the grace to lay good examples for their children to follow.