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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!
