THINK TOGETHER.
Who do you try to please the most?
READ TOGETHER
Proverbs 1:7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
This is one of the most important verses in the Old Testament, maybe even the whole Bible. Why? Because it tells us that God has to be at the center of our life or we will end up being a fool. What is at the center of your life? What do you care about the most? What do you think about the most? Dream about the most? What makes you the most happy? The most sad? Who are you trying to please the most?
That’s what King Solomon calls fear. We might fear (listen to and care about) what our parents say the most, or maybe it’s what our friends say. But most important is what God says. He is the one we must fear the most. Why? Because he loves us the most.
That’s why if we are wise we will always keep God at the center of our life. We will always care what he says and thinks the most. And how do we know what God cares about? How do we know what he thinks? By looking at Jesus. By reading about Jesus in the Bible. Jesus and his cross show us that God will always love us no matter what. He will always do what is best for us. And that means we can always fear the Lord – love, serve, obey, listen to, and honor him.
Because of Jesus we can know what God cares about.
With Jesus we can fear God and make him the center of our life.
DO SOMETHING TOGETHER
Draw a target with three concentric circles and a bullseye. Write “God” in the bullseye. On the first circle closest to the bullseye write words like Mom and Dad and Grandma, Grandpa. On the next circle write words like Church, Pastors, Teachers. And on the last circle write the word Friends. Talk about how God has given us all these relationships to point us to him. But in the end we always care what God thinks the most.
PRAY TOGETHER
Jesus, I want you to be the center of my life. Teach me to fear God and to care about what he cares about the most. Amen.
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