Unstoppable, Forever Power

One of my favorite memories as a teen was the time our extended family celebrated Father's Day at Big Springs Campground in the mountains south of Pomeroy, Washington. What stands out in my memory, though, was not the picnic, but a stop along the way to Big Springs.

For some reason, we pulled over and got out of the car at a building that was set back from the road a bit. It looked to be a church as we took a peek inside and saw a pulpit, etc. But everything was in disarray, as if it was in the process of being abandoned or perhaps, hopefully, being remodeled.

 

The reason I remember the stop, though, was not the building as much as it was the field between it and the road. That field was full of wildflowers, particularly one type—bachelor buttons or, to some, cornflowers.

 

Whenever I see a bachelor button now, my memory goes back to that stop on the road to Big Springs. I often wonder if the church is still there or long gone. Perhaps the farmer has since reclaimed both the flowers and the building, turning them into another plowed field.

 

Scripture tells us that man is like a flower, here today and gone tomorrow, "but the Word of the Lord endures forever." (Isaiah 40:6-8) The Hebrew word Isaiah used for "forever" is "owlam." It means of long duration, antiquity and futurity, perpetual, continuous, everlasting, of indefinite or unending future, or for ever. For ever and ever—always going forward.

 

Something that is forever, in essence, has unstoppable power. Paul wrote to Timothy, "Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God’s will in thought, purpose, and action)," (2 Timothy 3:16 AMP) Scripture, being of the breath of the Everlasting God, has a power source that keeps on giving.

 

So, when we pray God's Word for our children, as we do in Moms in Prayer, it is a powerful act. With the help of other moms, we are giving them a gift that keeps on giving. And, as we agree in prayer, using a Scripture to "blanket" one child and then another, we are actually doing the same for each other as moms. We are effectively implanting God's Word into our own minds and hearts.

 

Not long ago, a good friend commented to me that because of her time praying Scripture for her children with other moms, she remembers more and more of the Word of God. Her prayer time has become a memory aid to her. And I've noticed that those Scriptures we've prayed have a way of "speaking" to me when my thoughts stray towards worry concerning my children and their life circumstances.

 

Through our prayer times, God's Word makes itself at home within us. It becomes more of a forever part of our thinking.

 

Stormie Omartian wrote, "We cannot live successfully without God’s Word in our heart. We must not only read it, but we must also hear it, speak it, remember it, and ask God to weave it into our soul so that it changes us and becomes part of the fabric of our lives. One of the best ways to see that happen is to include Scriptures in your prayers."

 

What a wise and wonderful God we have! When He gave Fern Nichols the way to do what we do in Moms in Prayer International, He knew the ministry would be effective not just for our kids but also for us. May we always read, hear, speak, remember, and pray God's Words not only into our children's lives but also into our own and each other's as moms.