Chapter 6
THE MINISTRIES OF OUR CHILDREN ARE
GOD’S CHOICE, NOT OURS!
Children have been used to speak to both nations and to kings.
Joseph:
Joseph had a dream when he was seventeen years old. He also had other dreams as well, and
got the interpretation to his dreams by asking God for it. By the time he was thirty, he was
standing before Pharaoh spiritually mature. He had a forgiving attitude even though he had
suffered long and unjustly in prison. He was humble when he was honored and his pride had
been dealt with by his imprisonment.
Miriam (Moses’ sister):
As a small child God used her to speak to an Egyptian princess (the one who found Moses in the
basket in the water) for His purposes to be fulfilled.
Samuel:
Samuel was used to speak to the high priest when he was only a boy, telling him what God had
spoken to him personally in the middle of the night, because he heard God’s voice.
David:
As a youth he played for the king in order to soothe the king’s troubled mind. He slew a giant and
saved Israel! He was used to comfort Israel and the king when the Philistines came out to battle
against Israel, because of his faith. See, faith has NO AGE LIMIT! David was able to say to the
people and to the king, “the Lord will deliver me.”
John (our son):
John went to a friends house where the mother was very sick. Five other people in the house
were afraid for her, but John just went up to her, laid his hands on her pregnant tummy, closed
his eyes and prayed, “Heavenly Father I ask you to make her well again.” A-men. All the others
said A-men. And of course, she was healed. To anyone with faith, age is non-existent!
Naaman’s Healing:
A young girl told Naaman’s wife about Elijah and Naaman was healed and saved along with
others that he encountered.
Jeremiah:
Was called when he was “only a child” (Jer 1:4-10). God said to him, “I am with you and I will
rescue you.” Jeremiah was being called to speak to nations and to kingdoms.
Daniel:
Daniel went to Babylon as a young lad and was chosen as one of the youths to serve the king.
He was educated in the king’s court. Later he was used to interpret the king’s dreams. He
always prayed 3 times each day. Because of this and his strong faith in the Lord, he was tricked
and thrown into the lions’ den. His faith sustained him, however, and God shut the mouths of the
lions. After that the men who tricked him were thrown into the lions’ den instead and Daniel was
raised up to be the king’s top advisor, a position right under the king himself.
Timothy:
Timothy was told by Paul not to despise his youth. So Timothy must have been quite young
when he started out his ministry with Paul.
Proverbs 20:11 says,
“It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself. If his conduct is pure and right.” This is a
wonderful Scripture for us mothers to understand. That is what really counts in the end, not
anything else! This is our goal for their lives.
A CHILD can have God’s righteousness in him (because we who are born again now have the
righteousness of Christ inside of us). This does not come naturally, but is developed as he is
guided and shown the way, by a godly parents (you), and it is there for the Holy Spirit to draw
from as He develops us and our children into men and women for the Lord!
God can use our children too! He is no respector of person. We can be used to create prepared
vessels for God that He can fill and use for His glory!
Now here’s a question:
What qualities of character should we develop in our children so that God can use them?
Honesty, love, non-complaining, giving, sharing, caring, listening, thankfulness, faith, trust,
obedience, submission.
What skills might be useful for a child to have that God could use?
Music, reading, helping others and etc.
God can use skills like football, sports, body building, athletic accomplish- ments and the things
like this that the world teaches our children are important, in order to fit in or be popular, but these
are not necessary to for our children to succeed in the kingdom of God. These are not spiritual
attributes, except for the fact that they can develop sportsmanship, sharing, caring for team
mates. But if your child is not accomplished in these skills, don’t worry about it. God has chosen
your particular child for a particular purpose, and He has given him the exact skills for that
purpose to come about in his little life. It doesn’t matter to God about the carnal man; it matters to
Him about the spiritual man that the child develops into.
Sometimes things like good looks, strength, physical accomplishments in sports, academic
achievement and being smart, etc can even be a hindrance to a child if they are constantly told
how good they are in these areas. I think that all parents at some point in our child’s lifetime are
tempted to puff them up too much with our praises of how cute, good looking, smart, strong etc
they are. But then they begin to develop pride, and think that they are “special” because they are
a, b, or c. Children believe what we say! The problem is that then they will have to be knocked
down a peg or too, in order to get that pride OUT of them that people have put INTO them with all
their adulation, before they can effectively be used by God.
It is best not to compliment a baby or a child on how cute, beautiful, good looking, smart etc they
are, but to only compliment them and build them up when we see godly attributes coming forth
from them like sharing, caring, kindness, meekness, honest, giving, and these types of fruits.
Then they will begin to think that THESE are the things that are important and will major on these
things instead of the other things.
God has created your child for Himself and it is fun to train up that child in the way that he should
go, and watch what the Lord will do with him/her after that!
THE MINISTRIES OF OUR CHILDREN ARE
GOD’S CHOICE, NOT OURS!
Children have been used to speak to both nations and to kings.
Joseph:
Joseph had a dream when he was seventeen years old. He also had other dreams as well, and
got the interpretation to his dreams by asking God for it. By the time he was thirty, he was
standing before Pharaoh spiritually mature. He had a forgiving attitude even though he had
suffered long and unjustly in prison. He was humble when he was honored and his pride had
been dealt with by his imprisonment.
Miriam (Moses’ sister):
As a small child God used her to speak to an Egyptian princess (the one who found Moses in the
basket in the water) for His purposes to be fulfilled.
Samuel:
Samuel was used to speak to the high priest when he was only a boy, telling him what God had
spoken to him personally in the middle of the night, because he heard God’s voice.
David:
As a youth he played for the king in order to soothe the king’s troubled mind. He slew a giant and
saved Israel! He was used to comfort Israel and the king when the Philistines came out to battle
against Israel, because of his faith. See, faith has NO AGE LIMIT! David was able to say to the
people and to the king, “the Lord will deliver me.”
John (our son):
John went to a friends house where the mother was very sick. Five other people in the house
were afraid for her, but John just went up to her, laid his hands on her pregnant tummy, closed
his eyes and prayed, “Heavenly Father I ask you to make her well again.” A-men. All the others
said A-men. And of course, she was healed. To anyone with faith, age is non-existent!
Naaman’s Healing:
A young girl told Naaman’s wife about Elijah and Naaman was healed and saved along with
others that he encountered.
Jeremiah:
Was called when he was “only a child” (Jer 1:4-10). God said to him, “I am with you and I will
rescue you.” Jeremiah was being called to speak to nations and to kingdoms.
Daniel:
Daniel went to Babylon as a young lad and was chosen as one of the youths to serve the king.
He was educated in the king’s court. Later he was used to interpret the king’s dreams. He
always prayed 3 times each day. Because of this and his strong faith in the Lord, he was tricked
and thrown into the lions’ den. His faith sustained him, however, and God shut the mouths of the
lions. After that the men who tricked him were thrown into the lions’ den instead and Daniel was
raised up to be the king’s top advisor, a position right under the king himself.
Timothy:
Timothy was told by Paul not to despise his youth. So Timothy must have been quite young
when he started out his ministry with Paul.
Proverbs 20:11 says,
“It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself. If his conduct is pure and right.” This is a
wonderful Scripture for us mothers to understand. That is what really counts in the end, not
anything else! This is our goal for their lives.
A CHILD can have God’s righteousness in him (because we who are born again now have the
righteousness of Christ inside of us). This does not come naturally, but is developed as he is
guided and shown the way, by a godly parents (you), and it is there for the Holy Spirit to draw
from as He develops us and our children into men and women for the Lord!
God can use our children too! He is no respector of person. We can be used to create prepared
vessels for God that He can fill and use for His glory!
Now here’s a question:
What qualities of character should we develop in our children so that God can use them?
Honesty, love, non-complaining, giving, sharing, caring, listening, thankfulness, faith, trust,
obedience, submission.
What skills might be useful for a child to have that God could use?
Music, reading, helping others and etc.
God can use skills like football, sports, body building, athletic accomplish- ments and the things
like this that the world teaches our children are important, in order to fit in or be popular, but these
are not necessary to for our children to succeed in the kingdom of God. These are not spiritual
attributes, except for the fact that they can develop sportsmanship, sharing, caring for team
mates. But if your child is not accomplished in these skills, don’t worry about it. God has chosen
your particular child for a particular purpose, and He has given him the exact skills for that
purpose to come about in his little life. It doesn’t matter to God about the carnal man; it matters to
Him about the spiritual man that the child develops into.
Sometimes things like good looks, strength, physical accomplishments in sports, academic
achievement and being smart, etc can even be a hindrance to a child if they are constantly told
how good they are in these areas. I think that all parents at some point in our child’s lifetime are
tempted to puff them up too much with our praises of how cute, good looking, smart, strong etc
they are. But then they begin to develop pride, and think that they are “special” because they are
a, b, or c. Children believe what we say! The problem is that then they will have to be knocked
down a peg or too, in order to get that pride OUT of them that people have put INTO them with all
their adulation, before they can effectively be used by God.
It is best not to compliment a baby or a child on how cute, beautiful, good looking, smart etc they
are, but to only compliment them and build them up when we see godly attributes coming forth
from them like sharing, caring, kindness, meekness, honest, giving, and these types of fruits.
Then they will begin to think that THESE are the things that are important and will major on these
things instead of the other things.
God has created your child for Himself and it is fun to train up that child in the way that he should
go, and watch what the Lord will do with him/her after that!
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