Ezekiel 16:62-63 “62 ‘Thus I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the LORD, 63 so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,’ the Lord GOD declares.”

ALL HE’S DONE

How soon we forget all the Lord has done for us, right?  He has rescued us from the very pit of hell, and yet, we still complain.  “Why this, God?” or “God, will you give me….?”  We don’t stop very often to just thank Him for saving us from an eternal punishment.

God is telling Ezekiel that the covenant is renewed, but He doesn’t want them to forget Who He is.  He is a covenant keeping God, but He also wants them to remember what He has forgiven. He even calls it their “humiliation.”

TEACHING TIME

Help your children to recall the worse thing they have ever done in disobeying you.  Then talk about how that was forgiven and dealt with by you.  I hope you don’t keep a scoreboard lined with all their “mistakes.”  How would your board look if God did that?

Just as your children need to know you forgive and erase the board, God does too.  But this is only possible if 1) the have truly repented and 2) if they seek His will for the next step.

What is your biggest sin against the Heavenly Father?  What have you have been forgiven of right now?  How will you ever truly thanked him for all of that?  Do it now.  As appropriate, pray for your children to learn how to pray for forgiveness.

Father, Forgiver of All, cleanse me today with an everlasting love.  Allow me to point others, especially my children, to You and remind them of Your forgiving power.