At one point of time when Israelites
did evil in the eyes of the Lord, He delivered them into the hands of
Philistines for forty years. God wants to deliver the Israelites from the hands
of Philistines.
At that time there lived a man
called Manoah and his wife was barren and had no child.
The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are
barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a
son. Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented
drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.
You will become pregnant and have a son whose
head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite,
dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from
the hands of the Philistines.”- Judges 13:3-5
Every detail about how
she has to behave during the pregnancy and how they should raise that child was
given to her clearly. Once she heard what the angel told, she ran to her
husband and told him about everything.
Manoah never said
like, “Ok we will think about this later once the child was born or Ok if God
wants us to do that let Him come again and speak to us.” He never said like
that.
But with so much of
humbleness and eagerness to know God’s purpose upon his son who is to be born,
he prayed a beautiful prayer which was recorded in Judges 13:8
“Then Manoah prayed to the Lord: “Pardon your servant, Lord. I beg
you to let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up
the boy who is to be born.”
He says, “Lord teach
us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.” He wants God to tell him the
ways in which he should bring up his son. God heard his prayers and revealed
His purpose.
Then Manoah and his
wife made sure that everything was done in accordance to God’s will in Samson’s
life. They made sure that Samson’s head was never touched by the razor. Because
of that God could fulfill His will in Samson’s life. God worked through Samson’s
life and he led Israel for twenty years in the days of Philistines until he
revealed everything to a woman.
Once when Samson wants
to marry a Philistine girl, his parents objected and asked him why he should go
to uncircumcised people to get a wife?
Manoah and his wife
tried their level best to lead Samson in a right path giving him good counsel
as they knew God’s purpose upon His life. Manoah and his wife were so serious
about God’s purpose which was revealed to them and they surrendered themselves
to God’s purpose completely.
You asked God for a
child and God gave you a child. Do you know what is God’s purpose upon your
child’s life? Have you ever waited in God’s presence to know His purpose upon
your child?
You know that you have
to raise a Godly generation. But then are you taking that seriously or you say
to yourself that your child will grow and decide which ways to follow later?
When our parents
wanted us to stop watching secular movies, they first stopped watching that.
When they wanted us to pray daily, they showed us by their action. They never
said that you do anything and I will not interfere. They gave good counselling
to us and they showed us the right path and they never exposed us to unwanted
things of this world. Now we are blessed and doing God’s work with so much joy
and happiness.
My dear young friend,
do not expose your children to filthy things of this world. God has a purpose
upon your child’s life and now you have to lead your child in that way. It’s
your duty. He has given you a child while so many others are still longing for
the blessing. But now you have begun to take things lightly. You are not
serious as you were before in raising your child in Godly way. God wants you to
change so that your children life will be blessed and you will live without
shame.
Lead your children in
Godly ways and righteous path. You will be blessed.
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