Greetings Prayer Warriors,
We as human beings always seem to want to be in control of
our lives. It seems like part of being
human, right? But if we claim a heavenly
creator and identify ourselves as children of God, ask yourself, is it ever
good for children to be in control? At
what point do we let go of our will and then trust and cooperate with the will
of the Master?
Pondering the battle of the wills, the parable of the
talents* kept coming to me. That parable is the story of the man who entrusted
his possessions to his servants while he was away. He entrusted them with a number of talents
according to their abilities. When he
returned, he assessed what they did with those talents. Two servants doubled the number of talents
they were given; while one buried his talent and returned only what he was given.
Then it hit me. What
if we substituted the word children for “talents”, the word “Lord” for Master,
and ourselves as the “servants”. While we think children are “ours”, they
truly are our Master’s. We are only the stewards of this wonderful gift
during our earthly life. To some He
gives many children, and if the couple is open to life and trusts in their
Master, they may receive many. When tended
to with patience and love, and with copious grace from above, these children
will bear fruit for His kingdom, substantially increasing the value of His
original gift. To others, He gives only one or two children,
according to their abilities, and with parental patience and love, and abundant
grace from above, these too will bear fruit for His kingdom. And to others He gives children, but due to
abortion or contraception the couple refuses the gift and buries it, sending it
back to God. In essence, much like a
child claiming that they control
their lives.
I share this insight, only because Lent is a time of
introspection, repentance, and forgiveness.
We are blessed with a very merciful and loving Lord. Spend some quiet time in prayer asking for
the light to see the times in your life where you tried to wrestle control from
God. Pray also for your family. Seek forgiveness of your sins, the sins of
your family, and generational sin.
He shall pray and God will favor him; he shall see God’s face with rejoicing; for he restores a person’s righteousness. He shall sing before all and say, “I sinned and did wrong, yet I was not punished accordingly. He delivered me from passing to the pit, and my life sees light.” See, all these things God does, two, even three times, for a man, bringing back his soul from the pit to the light, in the light of the living. Job 33:26-30
Then, on the day our Master returns, you will hear Him say,
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Lead someone into the light of repentance and
forgiveness. Pass it on.
*Matthew 25:14-30
