MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

THURSDAY - 20TH NOVEMBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

A GOOD LOOKER NOT AN ONLOOKER

Proverbs 31:27, KJV

"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."

Yesterday, we examined this verse by focusing on "the bread of idleness" and how it is caused. Today, God will be interpreting this passage to us in a new way. 

We already know that her not eating the bread of idleness is a consequence of her having looked unto the ways of her household. Meanwhile, I'm seeing something futuristic in that verse. The Bible says, "she looks unto the ways of her household...", that is, she oversees and probe the affairs of her household. In essence, she monitors her children's academic, spiritual, marital and whatsoever lives they have. She sees to everything. She ensures they operate with diligence and give their best to the field they have come to focus on. She ensures they excell in both trade and education. Now, because she does all these, we have the consequence that says, "and eats not the bread of idleness."

That is not only a consequence of her being a hard worker but of having raised well behaved children. 

That is, what you sow is what you'll reap. Parents should draw near. It is how you harness your children they'll turn out to be. If you are a permissive parent, always allowing and approving of everything they decide to do (even when it is wrong), you'll have it. If you're a parent who cares less about who your children choose as friends, who they marry, how they study and how they achieve their things, it means you'll one day reap the fruit of your non-challance. 

What you must know is that children are parents' insurance policy for tomorrow. Without having looked unto their ways today to ensure they become focused and successful people, how can you not eat the bread of idleness from their hands tomorrow - in the nearest future when you have retired from active work and when they should be your back up plan. 

That's the futuristic part in that verse. A parent that refuses to look well to the ways and affairs of her family, especially her kids will raise anyhow kids that will not know what gratitude to parents is. They'll just be selfish even if they have. By looking unto the ways of her household, this woman passes the test by teaching them both values and characters. That's why the next verse in that chapter says, "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her" (Prov.31:28, KJV). 

There are parents that their children will curse tomorrow - later in the future. Just watch. Why they will do that is already staring us in the face. That's because they by their non-challance have given these children who don't know better permission to misbehave. They have the permission to bring a foreign object that is not theirs home and not be probed. This is a future bomb. When they bully a neighbour, they are praised for standing up for themselves and not for inappropriate behavior. All these are the dangers that will accumulate to take the head of their parents in the future. Such children will be careless and poor. In essence, their parents will suffer its consequences. Even if they have resources, they'll prioritize riotous living while their parents are neglected. 

Take warning, look well unto the functioning and systems of your household. Rebuke, correct and set right what is wanting. It's for the future.

PRAYER: Give me the discernment of a good parent with hands to shape character and right behavior in my children.

BIBLE IN A YEAR:

Rev. 6 ; Daniel 16-18

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