Judges 17:3-4 “3 He then returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, ‘I wholly dedicate the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore, I will return them to you.’ 4 So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah.”
NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH
Did you ever notice in this story about Micah how his mother lied? Micah had taken 1100 pieces of silver from her. When he returned it she said she would dedicate it the Lord. But she actually only used 200 for the image. What happened to the other 900 pieces?
We parents will often tell our children one thing but do another. We think because we are the adult we can do what we want, even if that is not exactly what we expect from our children. Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! We have to be above reproach, especially when it comes to setting the example for our children.
TEACHING MOMENT
The best way to teach this truth is by living it out for our kids. When we tell them not to lie, we shouldn’t tell them to tell someone we are not home when we are, just to avoid a phone call. When we are at the store and we buy something that we know our spouse wouldn’t approve of, we don’t tell them to not tell Mommy. We can’t do those things and then get on to them when they tell us a lie.
Micah’s mother set a poor example for him. You should read the rest of the story about Micah to see how his life turned out. Not great. And his momma has part of the blame, I believe. Parents have to set the example for their children.
Are you doing that for your children? Are you hiding things from them that you wouldn’t want them to do? Moms and Dads, don’t ever ask your children to lie for you, even if that lie is an “innocent lie.” There are no innocent lies, just lies.
A Moment In Time 