April 25
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
WHAT TO LEAVE CHILDREN
"The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after
him" Prov. 20:7
Anxiety about our family is natural, but we shall be wise if we turn it
into care about our own character. If we walk before the Lord in
integrity, we shall do more to bless our descendants than if we
bequeathed them large estates. A father's holy life is a rich legacy
for his sons.
The upright man leaves his heirs his example, and this in itself will
be a mine of true wealth. How many men may trace their success in life
to the example of their parents!
He leaves them also his repute. Men think all the better of us as the
sons of a man who could be trusted, the successors of a tradesman of
excellent repute. Oh, that all young men were anxious to keep up the
family name!
Above all, he leaves his children his prayers and the blessing of a
prayer-hearing God, and these make our offspring to be favored among
the sons of men. God will save them even after we are dead. Oh, that
they might be saved at once!
Our integrity may be God's means of saving our sons and daughters. If
they see the truth of our religion proved by our lives, it may be that
they will believe in Jesus for themselves. Lord, fulfill this word to
my household!