YOU ARE A CARETAKER
Memorise: Lo, children are an
heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Psalm 127:3
The scripture in today’s Bible reading establishes on
fundamental truth that all parents must accept: God owns all children. God
laboured to create man, both male and female. He then pronounced His blessing
upon them that they should be fruitful and multiply, so that they would reproduce
after their own kind. The product of the union of the man and woman whom God
created therefore became His own claims to own a child is exhibiting ignorance
because they do not even have an idea of how the child was formed in the womb.
A case in point with respect to this principle is the
story in Exodus 2:9b where the daughter of Pharaoh said:
“Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will
give thee thy wages.”
The Almighty God is so generous that he gave us
children who in all respect belong to Him. He gave them to us as caretakers
with the promise of a reward if we nurse them for Him and not for ourselves.
Some parents nurture the children God gave to them with the sole aim of
promoting their family name! For some others, they nurture them to carry on the
customs of their family! Such people clearly think their children belong to
them. They miss the point, and they will rewarded accordingly. Contrary to such
mindset, the Bible in proverbs 22:6 says:
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he
is old, he will not depart from it.”
The question then is: In what way should a child be
trained? The answer to this question is found in Psalm 34:11:
“Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you
the fear of the LORD.”
The fear of the Lord goes hand in hand with the
knowledge of God. In fact, the fear of the Lord comes from knowing God and
understanding His ways (proverbs 9:10). The knowledge of The Holy One is found
in His word. All parents should therefore train their children in the fear of
the Lord through injunctions from the Holy Bible and not fables. As stated in
Psalm 19:7, only the word of God is endured with power to change the heart of a
man for good:
“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:
the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.”
Prayer point:
Pray for all parents in your
church, that God will grant them the wisdom to take care of their children the
way He expects them to. Pray also for those considered barren, that in nine
months from today, their babies will be born.
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