Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches!
Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord!
Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
Lamentations 2:19 ESV

Monday, December 2, 2013

Led by the Hand

While at church one Sunday, I noticed that the sun was shining through the foyer's glass doors into the sanctuary creating oversized shadows on the wall nearby. As I watched, I saw the shadow of an adult entering the church building leading a child by the hand as the door slowly closed behind them.
 
The Scripture speaks of the Lord God leading His people by His hand—
 
Even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.
Psalm 139:10 NKJ
 
For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands
Isaiah 55:12 NKJ
 
But the Word of God also speaks of humans being used to lead God's people—
 
You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Psalm 77:20 NKJ
 
Who led them by the right hand of Moses, with His glorious arm, dividing the water before them to make for Himself an everlasting name.
Isaiah 63:12 NKJ
 
Praying moms, like Moses, God has given us the task to lead our children many places. One very important place we lead them is into the church building where they enter the fellowship of God's people and where the Word of God wrap around them through the lives of other followers of Jesus.
 
However, you know the old saying, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."
 
So, what do you do?
 
Pray!
 
Our prayers are crucial. All that church offers is important, but it will not be the Sunday school, youth group, sermon, etc that wins the battle of freeing our children from the enslavement of sin. It will be our prayers.
 
Remember, praying moms, this land of the living is currently the dominion of the prince of the world. We cannot depend on a church and the people inside its doors, even ourselves, to change our children's hearts.
 
It is via prayer that our children are led by the hand to the Throne of the King who strikes the winning knockout blow to the prince and frees our children to drink the living water He offers.


When ordinary mothers pray, extraordinary things happen.
Cheri Fuller

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2 comments:

  1. harutekenajDecember 2, 2013 at 6:30 PM

    Thanks for that post. It was truly heartfelt and I strongly believe that we must not take this responsibility lightly as praying moms!

    Of course, we expect our kids to grasp knowledge of God and His word from attending church and Sunday School, but the task of protecting our kids from the perils of this world comes about as we declaring God's word over them.

    As we pray for them, we should also pray with them as we help them to realise the importance of their own relationship with Christ.

    Thanks lots for the share. Be blessed.

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  2. Debi GrensemanDecember 2, 2013 at 10:30 PM

    So true and with a double benefit that as we declare God's word over our children, those words speak into our hearts, too.

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