the last excerpt from this wonderful little book, I promise. This convicting passage for parents comes from the chapter entitled "A Legacy of Greatness" - how to cultivate humility in your children."If you're a parent, I ask you to consider carefully your influence on your children and your responsibility for them. What are your ambitions for them? Almost all parents have ambitions for their children, but how many harbor ambitions for their children that are biblical? Do your ambitions for your son or daughter include a certain vocation or a certain level of education? Graduating from a certain college? Professional or athletic or artistic recognition? If so, let me ask this: Are any of these ambitions in line with true greatness as defined in Scripture? And here's a more important question: Are any of your ambitions for your child more important to you than their cultivation of humility and servanthood - the basis for true greatness as biblically defined? Are any of these ambitions more important to you than their learning to serve others for the glory of God? In other words, are you more interested in temporal recognition for your child than you are in his eternal reward? Ultimately, that's what parenting is mostly about - it's about preparing our children for the final day. All parenting is ultimately a preparation for that day when your child will stand before the judgment seat of Christ and give an account. " (pp. 157-158) Lord, please give us wisdom as we set the example, clearly define true greatness, and teach our children to follow in the footsteps of Christ.
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