PLANNING FOR YOUR KIDS 6

When we were growing up our parents literally decided what we should read in school. You were either to be a Doctor, Engineer or a Lawyer. Anything short of that was considered a mistake or an inferior career. In India I am told that when children are born they are identified from birth by what they will become usually either an Engineer or a Doctor.

The issue before us today is whether in planning for your children it is expedient to determine before hand what you want them to become? While I will not go the route of saying either yes or now, I want to tow certain examples from the Bible.

" And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]: For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines." Judges 13:2-5 (KJV)

This was the encounter between the mother of Samson and the angel before he was born. God had decided even before Samson came into the world what his assignment would be. Therefore, his mother was given specific directives concerning his life.

How much less stress will parents encounter if only they know the specific assignment of their children on earth. What I am canvassing is that it is possible to decide before hand what your child will become by asking God to reveal the destiny of your children to you.

"The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law." Deuteronomy 29:29 (KJV)

You will do yourself a world of good if you start asking God even before your kids are born what their assignment will be here on earth. When God reveals his intentions for them to you it makes it a lot easier to guide them with confidence that they will fulfill God's madate on earth.

Remember that children are a gift from the Lord, He has a supreme claim on them and we as parents are just custodians, therefore it is God's will that should be uppermost when considering the future of our kids.

Take time to pray about the future of your children for the next two weeks and let God speak to you. He surely will if you only ask him.

Be blessed.

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