Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 1:5, 1 Timothy 4:6, 2 Chronicles 22:3-5
“When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.” (2 Tim. 1:5)
There isn’t a lot told us about the two women we will look at in this lesson. We do know their names, Lois and Eunice. Lois was the grandmother of Timothy, and Eunice was his mother. We also know from this Scripture that both of them were women of faith. We can see their influence even in 1 Timothy 4:6, where the Lord shows us that Timothy also had attained this faith. It is such a privilege to be a mother and a grandmother! This is a high calling of God. Lois and Eunice must have shown their faith in the way they lived as well as in what they would say to Timothy. Lois and Eunice may have thought they weren’t doing much; they were just being a good mother and grandmother in their home with Timothy. But what results!
Today, too many look at being a home maker and mother as just something on the side from their careers and social life. The most important thing that we can do for the Lord, during the years of raising our children, is to be a mother that is there, living a testimony in front of the children, telling them of the Lord, and teaching them God’s Word.
Some times grandmothers think their work is all over. I have heard some grandmothers say they raised their children, now their children can raise theirs. In some ways this is true, but it doesn’t mean there isn’t a place or need for grandma. Some of my happiest memories of my childhood was with my grandmother. What a blessing and privilege is lost when we can’t see our place of service in our grandchildren’s lives.
For a good study on this, follow through the life of Timothy, and see how faithful he was and how he served the Lord, as a worker together with the Apostle Paul. This all started no doubt by the faith seen in this mother and grandmother. This could be a rebuke or correction to us as mothers, but also can be an encouragement to see how we can be used in the lives of our own children and other children. May it be our prayer that we can be the kind of mothers and grandmothers that can be a good influence with children.
