September 24, 2024 8:00 pm
Sophia Roberts witnessed open heart surgery for the first time when she was around eleven years old. While that might seem a bit young for a child to view such a medical procedure, you need to know that her dad, Dr. Harold Roberts Jr., is a heart surgeon. In 2022, Sophia—now thirty years old and a surgery resident physician—teamed up with her dad to perform a successful aortic valve replacement. Harold said, “What can be better? I taught this kid how to ride a bicycle. . . . Now, to get to teach her how to operate on a human heart is pretty mind-blowing.”
While few of us will teach surgery skills to a child, Solomon describes the importance of instructing something else to the next generation—to honor God and His ways. The wise king passionately shared with his child what he’d learned in his relationship with God: “My son,” . . . “trust in the Lord with all your heart” (Proverbs 3:1, 5), “fear the Lord” (v. 7), “honor the Lord” (v. 9), and “do not despise the Lord’s discipline” (v. 11). Solomon knew that God “loves” and “delights in” His children who willingly receive His correction and guidance (v. 12).
Let’s teach the next generation what it means to trust, revere, honor, and be humbly molded by our awesome, amazing God. To partner with Him in doing so is a vital privilege and, well, pretty mind-blowing!
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Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. I'm Tom Felton and I titled today's reading, Mind-Blowing Teaching. Sophia Roberts witnessed open heart surgery for the first time when she was around 11 years old. While that might seem a bit young for a child to view such a medical procedure, you need to know that her dad, Dr. Harold Roberts Jr., is a heart surgeon.
In 2022, Sophia, now 30 years old and a surgery resident physician, teamed up with her dad to perform a successful aortic valve replacement. Harold said, What can be better? I taught this kid how to ride a bicycle. Now to get to teach her how to operate on a human heart is pretty mind-blowing. While few of us will teach surgery skills to a child, in Proverbs 3, Solomon describes the importance of instructing something else to the next generation, to honor God and his ways. The wise king passionately shared with his child what he'd learned in his relationship with God. My son, trust in the Lord with all your heart. Fear the Lord, honor the Lord, and do not despise the Lord's discipline. Solomon knew that God loves and delights in his children who willingly receive his correction and guidance. Let's teach the next generation what it means to trust, revere, honor, and be humbly molded by our awesome, amazing God.
To partner with him in doing so is a vital privilege and, well, pretty mind-blowing. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Proverbs 3, verses 1 through 12. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to him and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the Lord and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops. Then your barns will be filled to overflowing and your vats will brim over with new wine. My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves as a Father the Son he delights in. Let's pray. Dear God, please help us to share your loving ways with both young and old today. And may we do so with kindness and humility. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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