Investiture Ceremony 2024

Today, we were invited to attend our children's school program by the school as our daughter was felicitated as School Captain for a house, and our son was compering for the ceremony. This was one of the many school programs that we have attended.

The Lord has been merciful to us and He has been gracing all our children to do well in their academic life along with many extracurricular activities they have been participating in. My sole focus for my children's education is to prepare them for the Lord’s use. As a father, my one goal for education is, to become a useful vessel to the Master (God). Life's only one purpose is to fulfill God's only one purpose for this one life He gave. 

If therefore anyone cleanses himself from these, he will be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, useful to the master, prepared unto every good work. (2 Tim 2:21)

As Moses and Paul were trained and prepared sovereignly by the Lord even before they were called to serve, so all those who know their God will also prepare themselves and their children for God's divine purpose one day. On the one hand, it was God who chose, and on the other hand, it is also men who prepare themselves and make themselves available for God's purpose. This coordination between God and man will carry out God's purpose.

And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in his words and works. (Acts 7:22, RecVer)

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city and trained at the feet of Gamaliel, according to the strictness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today. (Acts 22:3, RecVer)

Since the education system itself is under the usurping hand of Satan, as a family, we pray every day for our children's education. For the lord to cover and protect them from all the attacks of the enemy while praying for their learning and education to the highest degree. So far, the Lord has been gracious to our children and they have been doing well in their studies. I hardly have to coerce them to study as they all have been faithful to their studies. On the contrary, I have to stop them from studying late into the night. Besides, they have been constantly pressured by the school itself for all kinds of homework on a daily basis in addition to the many other school activities. I dare not put an extra load on them. I felt whatever the school gave them for their studies was more than sufficient. Besides that, I leave all our children to the wise Master-builder's hand as He gifted Hiram for the building up of His temple in Jerusalem. 

He was the son of a widow and of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze worker; and he was full of wisdom and understanding and skill to do all kinds of work in bronze. And he came to King Solomon and did all his work. 1 Kings 7:14

On top of all these, we as parents, commit all our children to God and pray for them every day. And teach them when the need arises in the way of life. I personally have been doing this by helping my children to pray daily. I have been spending time with my son for a time with the Lord as my wife has been doing with our daughter. This is the best that we can do, and we leave the rest to God.

Lord, gain all our children; train and perfect them to be useful vessels to You!