What better way for helping children develop into people who love, worship, and serve the Lord than for them to see it demonstrated in the life of those who influence their lives. Hence, a children’s church teacher’s life can be a vital teaching tool.
How a Children’s Church Teacher’s Life Serves as a Model for Loving, Worshiping, and Serving the Lord
Children need teachers in their lives who do more than tell them what they should do. They need people to come alongside of them and show them how — coaching, mentoring, and discipling them toward loving, worshiping, and serving the Lord. But, even that will have minimal effect if our attitudes don’t match our words and actions. As teachers, we need to model …
- a wholehearted devotion in loving the Lord (Matt. 22:37), not holding back.
- a joy or pleasure in worshiping (Ps. 100:2), not merely going through the motions.
- a fervency in serving (Rom. 12:11), not just doing enough to get by.
Even if the teacher has a more introverted personality, these kinds of attitudes, passion, and enthusiasm would still shine through if it’s there. — As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. (Prov. 27:19)
A quality essential, then, to being a model for loving, worshiping, and serving the Lord, is authenticity. Genuine devotion, joy, and fervency in our lives serves as a contagion for children, stirring up a desire for the same in their lives.
Out of authenticity comes consistency. Only when it is deep within our hearts will we consistently model what it means to be a lover, worshiper, and servant of God. When that happens, our lives reinforce over and over for children how good it is to love, worship, and serve our Lord.