Open Heaven Daily Devotional 8 June 2022
TOPIC: Teach Them That Age is No Barrier
MEMORISE: “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightiest still the enemy and the avenger.” – (Psalm 8:2)
READ: 1 Samuel 3:1-14 (KJV)
Open Heaven Daily Devotional 8 June 2022 MESSAGE
Teach your children that age is no barrier to being used by God. Teach them to be open to God even from a young age. Samuel had been hearing from God from his childhood. In (1 Samuel 12:2), he said: And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
The Lord can use your children, irrespective of their age. David was a youth when God used him to kill Goliath. In (1 Timothy 4:12), Paul said to Timothy: Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Timothy was already a good example for believers to follow, even from his youth. Your children are not too young to be good role models for others to follow.
Before my wife and I became born again, we had had three children, all by Caesarean operation. We decided we would have no more children because the doctors said there was no way my wife could have a normal delivery. However, we got born again and Jesus became our doctor. One day, we read Luke 1:37 which says that with God, nothing shall be impossible. We then decided to go ahead and have more children. Almost immediately after my wife got pregnant, a friend of hers died during childbirth.
We were really shaken, but then, God decided to speak to us through the children. During our devotion one morning, we read Exodus 14 and asked the children, “What do you understand by this story?” They said, “Where there was no way before, God can make a way”. Those words really encouraged us. Not only did my wife give birth to that child safely, we still had another one after that.
The Lord can speak to you through your children and He can use them to strengthen your faith. You however must teach them in the way of the Lord and let them know that no one is too young to be used by God.
KEY POINT: God can begin using your children from a tender age.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 20-22
