Raising Heros

We need to remember our Lord's parable about the bad steward.  He didn't lose his talent, he failed to multiply it.  When the master returned, the steward ran and got the coin he had been given.  We are called to multiply our talents in and through the gift of our children.  Our goal isn't simply to get them into the kingdom, but to raise them to be heroes of the faith.

When we read the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11, we ought to pray that our children will be in that hall.  As Gregg Harris once wrote, we don't simply want our children to be able to read and understand the great Reformers, we want them to be the great Reformers, for their generation.  It is necessary, however, that we understand what greatness and Reformation are.  That is, our talents will be best multiplied not by raising famous theologians, heroines of renown, sports stars or Christian pop singers.  Our talents will be multiplied if we humbly raise up godly children who will raise up godly children. The greatness isn't in popularity and fame, not even in the "talents," but in the faithfulness. -Denise Sproul