Teach them

“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. – Deuteronomy 6.6-8

Once God’s word is kept in our hearts we have to do something without in addition to letting it change us.

‘You shall teach them with diligence.’

Anyone who knows me knows that I love teaching. I am a big pedagogy fan. I think teachers are the most important contributors to any society. I think that if the world was just teachers would get the salaries of sports stars. Teachers are the true movers and shakers. A good teacher can have a profound impact on students that will last a lifetime.

It is sort of two-fold we cannot properly teach God’s word unless it is first in our own hearts and if we truly have it in our own hearts we will surely want to share it.

This teaching is not an option to be taken lightly. It is not something we can hope will happen by osmosis. We cannot be lazy or lethargic or lackadaisical about it. We must teach them diligently. If we do not teach diligently the next generation will miss out and the generation after them.

We can’t really teach the word of God unless it is in our hearts. We can teach facts and such about it, but we can’t really teach it until we have it lodged in our own hearts. But when we have it we must teach it and teach it with diligence.