1 Timothy 1:5: “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” 

THIS IS WHY WE TEACH

Every teacher I know is tasked with preparing and carrying out a lesson plan for their students.  Most of the time these plans are formulated to meet existing school guidelines.  What if every lesson plan prepared by every teacher in the world had the goals specified in our verse today?

What if everything we taught our children had these three goals in mind?  As you taught little Gertrude how to cook, you had in mind love, good conscience and faith.  As you taught Elrod how to mow the lawn these three goals were forefront in your mind.  What if?  Do you think the outcome of the “lesson” would be different?  I bet it would.

TEACHING MOMENT

How about today, as you show your child how to do something, you keep love in mind?  Can you teach them how to have that good conscience by raising your voice and screaming at them?  I think not.  As you teach them God’s Word, faith grows in you and them.

Our goal as parents should be the same as what Paul tells Timothy here in this verse.  We should not attempt to teach one single thing without putting these three goals in place.  But as with most everything we teach our kids, we have to model it for them.  This is especially true with this lesson.

Father, you have given me the greatest lesson planner ever written. Teach me how to use it to teach others how to have that love from a pure heart.  Show me how to teach them to live with a good conscience.  Finally, Lord, show me how to model a sincere faith.