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YOUR SACRED MISSION
It is a sacred mission to embrace to your womb and then to your heart and life the children that God has planned to give you. The purpose of Jesus is to “bring MANY sons into glory.” The obvious fact is that He can’t bring them into glory unless they are first born into this world! Therefore, as mothers, we have a twofold task. Firstly, to bring into this world the children whom God has destined, never holding back.
And secondly to lead them to Christ so they will be ready for the glorious world of eternity. Dear mother, this is our most hallowed task in raising our children. The wonderful thing is that in a godly home where God’s word is read daily to the family, children can come to Christ at an early age.
2 Timothy 3:15 states: “From a child that hast known the Holy Scriptu4res, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” It is the Scriptures that prepare us for salvation, even young children. The word “child” is the Greek word “brephos” and means “a child in the womb,” “a child is newly born,” and “a young child.”
Even in a Christian home we can overlook the important of leading out children to Jesus. We must look for these opportunities. The devil is out to get his hands on our children and the sooner they come to Christ, the better. Apart from one who came a little older, all our children experienced a true coming to Jesus at four years of age. And it is just as real to them today in their late fifties and early sixties.
Pray that each one of your children will have a real encounter with Jesus Christ. Be open and ready to lead them to Jesus. The most important thing you can do as a mother is to know that they are ready for the eternal world. This is the power of motherhood. You have the responsibility and yet glorious privilege of leading them to salvation and one day taking them into glory with you.
On that day, when we stand before God, we will not have any material possessions with us. We will not have a career with us. The only eternal thing we can take into glory apart from our redeemed soul, are the redeemed souls of our children. They will be our “glory, our joy, and our crown of rejoicing” on that day (1 Thessalonians 2:19, 20).
Dear mother, do each one of your children (your little ones, your middling ones, and your older ones) truly know Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior? This is your greatest mission.
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
