The Christian Reader November 2006 25
Train Up A Child…
“Wait a Minute!”
By Pastor Leon R. Bing
We remember this passage of scripture that says;
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from
it. Proverbs 22:6
But what happens when the one who is to train up the child has not been trained? This
has become a reality in the lives of so many young people today. We are so busy looking
at the unfortunate issues of our teenage generation that many of us have missed this one
fact! Some of these teens are in situations where the ones that are responsible for training them in the ways of the Lord, have not been trained themselves.
There is so much to learn from the Book of Proverbs, and I encourage everyone to really
read and study this Book of the Bible. Even better get it also on cassette and compact disk.
That way you can even listen to it throughout the day if you have the opportunity to do so.
Now lets us focus on the matter at hand. There are so many cases where we look at situations involving our youth and we just shake our heads wondering, how? Why? And who,
would allow there children to do some of the things that we see happening around us?
But I think we need to really look at and begin to pray for those who missed the opportunity to properly train their children. And to those of you who are in this situation, I
encourage you to no longer sit back and not to seek spiritual assistance. We are in a time
now that we, the body of Christ must work with all of the families of God to restore one
another back to the place in Christ where we need to be. We must stop placing faith in a
system that does not work, and start placing faith in the God who does not fail!
I know that this is not a shock to you, but the system has failed us. Yes I said it, the system has failed us. Take your pick, the School System, Juvenile Justice System, Dept. of
Children & Families, al