Lawson: I think it all comes down motive, right? To your point, it my motive. Do i want them to do that discipline so others will notice and go, gee, what a great dad they have?" Lawson: There are definitely things i want my kids to replicate. But there is this thing called the body of christ. And in in scripture, we see numerous times where the apostle paul talks about the body of Christ. Certain people have certain skills and capacities. They were not all one thing. Were not all the pinkytoe, were not all the ear lobe. So god lets me be just, you know, the left pinky and he needs you
As dads, we are the steward of our children, but it's God who owns them at the end of the day. We must serve our kids and give them every chance to know God and love Him; after that, it's up to them. We just have to let God direct their adult life and not connect our success as fathers to "their success." Whatever they get into, whether music, cars, or something we know nothing about, all we gotta do is be there when they need us the most. The rest can be left up to the Lord.