Back to school

It’s that time of year again: time for your kids to go back to school. No doubt for the past few weeks you have been buying cloths, backpacks, paper, pencils, folders, and everything else they need for school. You want them to be prepared as much as possible. While it is great that you have prepared them for school, have you prepared them for the temptations they will face at school? Clothes and school supplies are good to provide for your kids but preparations for the trials that they will face at school are even more important.

Trials such as peer pressure, drugs, alcohol, sex, and stress can result from those that they interact with at school. Even the classroom, where teachers may teach them evolution, can put a little doubt and confusion in a child’s mind. That’s all the devil wants. Just a little bit of doubt, fear, and sin. Not enough for you to notice it when they get home from school. Ephesians 4:6 says, “And, ye fathers provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Bringing them up in the Lord includes preparing them spiritually for school and everything else they are exposed to in the world. Spend time with them and tell them what they will face and how to avoid sin. Teach them about heaven as they grow and the rewards waiting for them if they live faithfully to Christ. Train your children! If you don’t, Satan will be more than happy to do it for you -- and he will do it at school!

Jonathan Glaesemann