The following is a message from a dear friend of mine, Chris Peach, from Norfolk, England. We look forward to fellowshipping together each time we go to England.
“TRUTH hurts sometimes. But it is better to face TRUTH now and honestly than to later realize that you have lived a lie!
Couples these days are waiting till they are "financially secure" before they have children. It makes sense and sounds reasonable, doesn't it? I wonder how financially secure Mary and Joseph were and how stable their situation was before they had Jesus.
They didn't have a horse or camel; they had a donkey.
They didn't have a chariot; they went on foot.
They didn't have the Ritz Hotel, swimming pool, and Spa, they had a stable.
It's interesting to me that God has always chosen to reward faith over common sense. Think about that one thought for a while. We couldn't afford our first child, let alone our seventh! Common sense would have kept us waiting forever (like many today) before we were financially stable. But with each child God blessed us. I cannot say it is easy, but I can say it is worthwhile!
God created family. It was His idea. And he said, “Go and multiply and fill the Earth!” The Earth isn't FULL yet and God hasn't changed His mind. If God can provide manna in a desert every day and double on a Friday so they didn't have to work on Saturday for nearly three million people in a desert, then God can provide for us!
Do you think they stopped having children as they wandered in that desert for 40 years? Do you think they used contraceptives or aborted their children because they hadn't got a house or a stable job? No! read the Bible. They multiplied in the desert just as they multiplied in Egypt under the servitude and chains of Pharaoh!
We are called to live lives of faith and trust in God and sometimes that doesn't make earthly sense. That is why it's called a walk of FAITH, not FACT! We honor God most when we take Him at His Word.
Psalm 127:3-5 (ESV): “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!”
A HERITAGE FROM THE LORD!
A FRUIT AND A REWARD!
ARROWS IN THE HAND OF A WARRIOR!
THE CHILDREN OF ONES YOUTH ARE A BLESSING!
This is what GOD says about having children!
Don't allow fear to control you, the walk of faith is not an easy way, but God will make a way! Our God a way maker! A maverick! A SUPERNATURAL HERO! And if our God is for us, who can stand against us!
Go and live lives of faithful obedience to our Lord God—have children, multiply, fill your quiver to the full, overflow with the little blessings from God. The barren womb has always been seen as a curse until the lie came and Satan whispers in a woman's ear, “You can eat of the fruit, and you shall not die.” Eat she did and began to die. The tree men and women still eat from is the tree of knowledge of good and evil. I suggest that it's the tree of "common sense." The Devil always makes sense. He appeals to our reason and logic in his own manipulation. It's reasonable to use contraception, wait until you’re older, wiser, financially stable, etc. No!
Don't trust that liar! Trust God with your fertility and the timing of your children. Have faith that He will make streams in the desert! God will make a way! GOD WILL MAKE A WAY!
Satan has always killed the children, in the womb and out of it, in Egypt and in the Promised land.
Children are God’s blessings!
God bless you dads who go out to work and seek provision for the family you love. God bless you men and women of FAITH, COURAGE, AND STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF DARKNESS! Your witness and testimony are your faith and obedience to Scripture. And what a witness it is!
God's way works, Satan tempts us to do things his way—sex before marriage, children outside of wedlock, etc., but Satan only seeks to kill steal and destroy.
We need to get back to faithful obedience to God, His Word, and His Spirit.
God bless you all!”
CHRIS PEACH. Norfolk, England.
Picture: The Peach family.