Back To Online School

Back to Online School

“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men”. - Luke 2:52

Dear parents and kids: This is the first time in our life where our school children will be going to school online, and it is completely different. Our church children are planning to start their new academic year of 2020-2021 this week.

The Bible says in Proverbs 3:13; Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding. As a church, we will pray for elementary school kids, intermediate, middle school kids, high school students, and university of college students.

Throughout the nation, there are new guidelines for the students. New back-to-school-rules that are being stressed with great seriousness and deep concern — “use your mask, keep social distance, and wash your hands with soap!” School leaders across the country are already debating how to help students catch up. To maintain social distancing, some regions may bring children back to school in rotations, in order to reduce the number of people inside classrooms and buildings at any given time. There are also concerns about whether large numbers of students will need to repeat all or a substantial portion of their current grade.

But the church has always been in the health care business. Jesus spent his three years of ministry preaching, teaching, and healing. Jesus was most known among the people as a healer. The crowds that followed him requested a healing touch more often than a holy word. He offered wholeness and health to those who were in pain, in distress, in the darkness of blindness, or the confusion of a troubled mind and spirit. He provided bread and fish and water and wine to the crowds that gathered around Him, tending to the needs of their stomach as well as to their souls.

Today’s scripture portion began when Jesus was young, like our Sunday school children. At a young age Jesus increased in wisdom, stature, and in favor with God & men. By achieving this, we can also be a blessing unto others as a church. This is a lesson to all of our students who will be going to start their next academic year.

I. GROWING IN WISDOM

Jesus, as a man, had to grow in wisdom and knowledge just as any other human being. He came to the world just like you and me. In Proverbs, for the Lord is ‘the beginning of wisdom’ (Proverbs 9:10). And ‘if you are wise, your wisdom will reward you’ (v.12).

The world is constantly changing, and society is always evolving. In order to receive a proper education, we all go to school and university. However, there are many things the schools and colleges cannot teach you. Great wisdom comes from God alone. The way you talk and act and present yourselves to others. Because you are the children of God.

You are the children ‘of the Lord your God’ (Deuteronomy 14:1a) and for you a holy people of the Lord your God. And the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. (v.2). It is a blessing to give. God blesses you so that you can bless others (v.29c).

Since Jesus is with us always, then discipleship is on-going, and it is every day. It is not just something for a special day or a special evening or a special program. It is the pulse of every moment lived in the kingdom of God. Although you, children, are young, God calls upon you. He says, ‘grow in wisdom that, as I bless you, you will bless others.” Jesus, even at a young age, sat with the teachers and priest of the temple to listen to the scriptures.

Growing in wisdom and knowledge does not end when school days are over. Much of the information in our schoolbooks from last year can become outdated over the years. There are also times when information can be changed because of new evidence and findings. Just as the world continues to change, so do our schoolbooks. However, the Bible will never change. And the wisdom within its pages will never change because the greatest wisdom is from God. Dear children, remember to grow in the wisdom of God. Seek Him first, and you will be blessed with wisdom.

Look at some Bible verses for us:

Knowledge and Understanding. Proverbs 2:6

My dear children, first of all, we need to know that the Lord gives wisdom for us. No man, or no universities or schools gives wisdom. The Lord gives wisdom, from His mouth come wisdom and knowledge and understanding. He stores up sound wisdom for His people. And He will be the shield for you this year of education.