Correction or Conviction???
I have some good kids.....actually some great kids. Are they perfect? By no means are they perfect. They are kids and they are flesh. There was only one perfect person who ever walked the face of this earth and his name is Jesus. If my girls were perfect, then they wouldn't need Jesus. They wouldn't need salvation or daily guidance. But, that is not the case, they are imperfect and need Christ as their Saviour.
Both of my girls accepted Christ at young ages. I had the priviledge of leading them both to Christ and truly believe they both understood and are both truly saved.
As I stated earlier, they are kids. I have caught myself treating them as adults the past several months. I expect them to act and think like adults. What is sad about this is that I have expected the to act like adult Christians as well. I have tried to be their "Holy Spirit." I have caught myself many times trying to convict them of their sins. That is not my job. That is the job of the Holy Spirit. I need to leave his business alone and allow him to work in their lives. Yes, I need to be praying daily that the Holy Spirit does convict them of their sins, and leave it at that. I can't beat them over the head with the word and hope it changes their hearts. I can lovingly share the word with them about their sin and pray with them about it. Then, I must leave it up to the Holy Spirit to work it out in their lives.
And by the way, I didn't do a very good job as the "Holy Spirit." I only made my girls angry and bitter about the situation. I pray that the Holy Spirit will lead me as I use his word to counsel
the girls from now on.
But the helper, the Holy Spirit, who the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
John 14:26
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding , the Spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
Isaiah 11:2
