GIVE BACK THE CHILD TO GOD

Beloved, I welcome you to another edition of our newsletter, Zion Pillar. The topic of today is a component of our broad topic, Divine Assignment for motherring. Be blessed in Jesus' name

                       

Text: 1Sam.1:11, 24-28, Gen. 22: 1-13.

Beloved Daughter in Zion,

Greetings of love in Jesus’ name. We have established in this series that the child in your care is not yours but God’s. By this we meant that God has only put the child in your custody in order for you to nurture him/ her based on His plans and purpose. Sequel to this, we said that it is important that you constantly seek out God’s will and purpose for the child- this is a form of giving the child back to God.

Give the child back to God

Our texts show us two practical examples of people who gave back their children to God in different ways and circumstances though, but you need to know what God means in our dispensation when He says, “Give me back that child”.

By giving your child back to God, we do not mean that everyone should dump their children at their pastor’s house as soon as he/she is weaned, neither is God saying, “Go to that mountain and slay that child unto Me as a sacrifice”. NO! Instead God is saying, “acknowledge I am the Owner of that child and ONLY do what I command you concerning him/ her. Do not impose your personal ambitions over My will. Do not place the gift of the child over My relationship with you.”

Benefits of giving back your child to God

1. He adds to you in great measure (1sam.2:20-21)
2. He makes an everlasting covenant with you as a compensation for your obedience (Gen.22:15-18)
3. You have rest over the child because now the Owner is the One taking care him by Himself. Can you just imagine God taking care of your children? How sweet could this be.
4. If you can be proven genuine and sincere before God that you would hand back the child to God (like Hannah), the yoke of barrenness is sure going to be broken from your life. You will see from 1Sam.2:21 that Hannah had five children after Samuel. This is what celebrating God and not His gift can do to a man.

Dangers associated with holding back the child from God.

1. You and your descendants after you may be cut off from God’s programme in this life perpetually with no trace that you ever existed. (1Sam.2:27-30)
2. You may lose that child before your very eye. (1Sam.2:34; 4:11, Lev.10:1-2). It is a grievous thing to witness the death of your child. Please cooperate with God.
3. Your family may suffer pre-matured death or death at the verge of good thing happening to them (1Sam.2:31, 33).

This is a serious matter, isn’t it? Please desire God’s mandate for your child and commit all your life to its actualization. God will hold you responsible for what becomes of your child (children).

Point of caution

Do not take the place of God in the life of your child. Always acknowledge God as the rightful Owner of the child and do only what He asks you to do. Nothing should be trivialized in the affairs of your child; even to the name to be given him/ her, God is interested in it (Luk.1:13, 1Kings 13:2, Gen.17:19) let alone the school he should attend, the course he should study and places he should visit (Acts 17:26). Seek out every detail about the child from God (Judges 13:8) He will tell you if you ask Him (Jer.33:3).

It is your responsibility to ensure that the child marries right (Gen.24:1-8). Learn from Abraham, how he sought to carry out God’s mandate over Isaac to the utmost, even in his (Abraham) old age. This is not to mean that you should unduly compel your child to marry your friend’s child or from your home town without God’s leading. Get the details from God.

Conclusion

Giving your child back to God is not a one-time event or lifestyle. You are to give the child back to God on a daily basis. To do this, you must be sound in your communion with the Holy Spirit, be an intercessor and be dead to your SELF. I need to ask you at this juncture if you have discovered God’s purpose for your child. What and who are you patterning the child after? When purpose is unknown, abuse is inevitable. Do not enter the danger of not knowing the purpose of God for your child. It is not too late to ask HIM.

May the Lord depend on you and find you faithful.