07/11/2024
STEPPING INTO YOUR DIVINE ROLE AS A MOTHER
Proverbs 1:8-9 New International Version (NIV)Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
Fathers instruct or command but mothers are the teachers. They are the ones with the responsibility and the grace to train and teach the children. Women are the primary spiritual teachers of our children. It has always been so and it is so today.
A mother, is a woman who nurtures and raises children, playing a crucial role in in their lives. She embodies qualities of care, love, and guidance. She carries the capacity to nurture, teach, keep and guard.
Solomon in the scripture above pleaded with the son not to forsake the teachings of the mother. One of your main divine role is to teach your children. Unfortunately as we can see around us we have a generation that has not been taught because many mother did not do it either because they are busy or they did not have the capacity to teach anything
"For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children, That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments" Ps. 78:5-7.
It is unfortunate that many mothers of today do not know what to do to bring up their children in a godly way. This study is to address what to do. I pray that God will grant you the understanding of what you must arise to go and do from now.
The peculiar Challenges of Mothers.
1.Many mothers shouts much more than instructing and teaching
2.Many mothers lacks the patience or ability to endure continuous disobedience from our children. But many times the child is not doing it deliberately.
3.Many mothers don’t know what to teach their children
4.Many mothers don’t know how to guide their children.
5.Busy schedule from work to managing the home. etc
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD WHERE YOUR CHILD IS GROWING UP
This is another generation evolving right before our eyes today; it is a generation in crisis, a generation in the jungle of a confused value system. It is a generation where confusion, oppression, and terrorism are the order of the day.
The current generation is facing significant challenges, which can be broken down into the following points:
1. A generation in crisis: This generation is evolving amid chaos, characterized by confusion and a fragmented value system, e.g gay and lesbianism.
2. Prevalence of confusion and oppression: Confusion, oppression, and terrorism have become commonplace, impacting the children’s worldview.
3. Relative truth: Truth is no longer seen as absolute; instead, it is treated as subjective and open to personal interpretation, leading to confusion and uncertainty.
4.Impact of technology: The overwhelming effects of the internet and mobile technology are posing significant risks and challenges in children’s lives.
5.Challenges in raising godly children: Raising children with strong moral and spiritual values has become increasingly difficult amidst widespread corruption, violence, and sexual immorality.
THE PLAN OF GOD FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILD
Malachi 2:15
And did not He make one? Yet had He the residue of the spirit. And why one? That He might seek a godly seed! Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
1.Godly offspring: The first primary purpose of God is for you marriage to produce godly offspring. Children that know God personally and are living according to his word. Not religious children, but those whose lives is a reflection and an expression of the glory of God. Children don’t automatically become godly, fathers must instruct and command, while mothers must teach and nurture the godly life into their children.
2.The Plan of Peace: Jer. 11:29. God's Plan is for us to live a quiet, peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. And for this to happen, He instructs us to train up our children in the way they should go; and when they are old, they will not depart from it. If you don’t train your child in the path of God word, it will be difficult for you to have peace. Godly training guarantees a peaceful life both for the child and the parent.
3.Our Sons—Growing Straight Toward Heaven:
God’s plan is to raise godly sons that are strong and execute his will here on earth. When a tree has been planted properly and carefully cultivated, it points straight to heaven.
“our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants.” The New English Bible says that “our sons will be like plants that quickly grow to full size.”
First, these trees are “well-nurtured.” They are not trees growing in the wild, but rather trees planted by hand in a location specially chosen to produce the best growth. Our children must be planted in God by prayer and in the word of God by teaching.
Second, these trees are well cared for so that they grow to maturity at an early age. They don’t take 20 years to grow 20 feet or 20 years to produce fruits. Because the gardener tends to them constantly, because she knows about watering and fertilizer and she knows how to get rid of pest that could kill the tree, because she pays attention to the young trees, they grow quickly to maturity.
They grow strong and straight and tall at an early age. They spread their branches and bring forth fruit early on so that others can find shade under their branches and sustenance from their fruit.
Your Role in raising sons:
Please understand that sons like this do not happen by accident any more than a beautiful garden plants itself, waters itself, weeds itself, and fertilizes itself. YOU MUST BE READY TO PRAY AND TEACH THE WORD OF GOD. We must work for it and pray for it and wait for it and believe God for it. May God give us a generation of young men who will be mighty oaks, standing strong, with deep roots, pointing straight toward heaven.
4.Our Daughters—Building a Godly Foundation of Strength and Beauty:
“our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace” (Psalm 144:12b).
God’s plan is to have beautiful strong daughters. Beautiful palaces featured large, decorative, and structural columns, often made of expensive, polished marble. The most significant columns were strategically located at wall intersections, connecting different wings, while corner columns were vital for the building's overall stability.
Master craftsmen meticulously selected materials and ensured stones were cut to precise measurements and polished to perfection. Careful placement of corner columns was essential, as any mistake could compromise the building's integrity. These columns served not only as aesthetic elements but as crucial supports that united and strengthened the entire palace.
This is the image of godly daughters. They are like those highly polished, carefully chosen, perfectly placed corner columns that hold together the palace where the king dwells. Godly daughters are both beautiful and strong. They hold the family together and serve as the connecting point for everything else. They are at the center of family life. Everything flows to them and through them.
Note the difference between the trees (sons) and the column (daughters). The oak tree stands outside the home, while the column upholds the home with strength and beauty. The corner pillar is the strength of the home itself. When the column is weak, the house itself is weak. When the corner pillar is strong, the house can stand against the storms that rise against it.
Daughters like this do not happen by accident. There is no clumsy workmanship here. Only a master craftsman (mothers) can produce beautiful corner columns fit for a king’s palace. Do you dream of this for your daughters? You can have it but it will be the work of a lifetime of prayers, training and deliberate teaching of God’s word.
Someone said that our daughters should be pol
ished three ways: First, with good education. Second, with good manners. Third, with godly character. All three dimensions are critical for building a strong and beautiful daughters.
conclusion
Children like this don’t happen by chance. If we want sons like mighty oaks and daughters like graceful pillars, we must pray for this and we must work for this. Indeed, producing children like this is the work of a lifetime. It is our greatest and highest and noblest work, the finest gift we can give to the world.
Let us pray that our daughters will be …
Graceful and useful,
Beautiful and strong,
Polished and perfectly placed.
Polished with Godly Character
Let us pray that our sons will be …
Pray that our sons might be deeply rooted in the good soil of God’s Word, with strong and deep roots that enable them to withstand every storm of life.
Pray they be properly cultivated—watered, weeded, and pruned of dead branches. Pray they are blessed to flourish at an early age, bringing forth the good fruit of godly character.
Pray they are not dwarfed by bad habits or foolish choices.
Pray that there is nothing ugly or shameful about them and that they stand strong, tall, clean, and pure.
PRAY FFOR YOURSELF AND YOUR HUSBAND
Pray that God will give the strength to carry your home and marriage.
Pray that god will give you the capacity to be that pillar that hold everything together. Your home will not break and your children will not come under anything that will break them.
Pray that God will give you wisdom to beautiful your home.
Pray that the Lord will bless you will every blessing you need to keep and to run your home as a woman.
Pray for your husband that he will be like a tree planted in God and His world.
Pray that He will flourish in all that He does.
Pray that he will be a father that is available and that bring instructions and directions to His family in Jesus name.
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