Consciousness Of Righteousness

Romans 7:5 (AMP) - When we were living in the flesh (mere physical lives), the sinful passions that were awakened and aroused up by [what] the Law [makes sin] were constantly operating in our natural powers (in our bodily organs, in the sensitive appetites and wills of the flesh), so that we bore fruit for death.

Was reading Romans 7 this morning and it dawned on me that I should father Jeshua according to this: what would lead him to be conscious of righteousness.

Sin's power is aroused by "what the Law makes sin." In other words, it is empowered by knowing what is wrong. The more I tell Jeshua, "Do not do this... Do not do that...", the more he will be inclined to do so. It is not going to train him in righteousness in the long haul. He would not be empowered to do what is right.

What we are conscious of, we do. If we are conscious of what is wrong, we will do what is wrong.

If I train Jeshua to be conscious of what is right, he will be empowered to do so as he sets his focus on what is right.

This means that if he is going to touch the power socket, instead of saying "Jeshua, don't touch or you will be hurt" (it will cause him to be even more curious about power socket), I'll say, "Jeshua, touch this stuff (direct him to another item), enjoy it as it is safe."

Instead of saying, "Jeshua, don't play with your food", I'll say, "Jeshua, the food is meant for you to eat."

Interesting how we deviate from the Scriptures so much because we based our parenting skills from our own experiences - how our parents parented us.

God Sees

Recently, whenever I asked Jeshua to drink water (he doesn't like), he would act as though he's drinking, but I could see that he was not sipping from his water bottle at all!

I told him, "Papa can see. You are not drinking." And he would take a few sips. I wanted him to drink so that he stays healthy.

He's only 22 months old and he already knows how to act. I don't know if I should laugh or faint. But it reminds me that God the Father can see everything that we do and say. We don't need to try to hide things from Him. Neither can we think that He doesn't know. He knows all things.

Yet He is not trying to find fault with us. He wants to show us what is right and for our good.

The Cross is not the revelation of our sin. It is the revelation of our identity and righteousness.