LET THEM COME TO ME

 

LET THEM COME TO ME         Wednesday May 27, 2015

Text: Matthew 19:13 – 15           Memory verse: v 14  

We congratulate and rejoice with our children as they celebrate 2015 Children’s Day. We thank God for the gift of children and pray that God will bless all our children, make them to grow up in the fear and favour of God and that they will not become thorns on our flesh neither will they be source of heart attack for us in Jesus name. As we say Amen to this prayer, it is proper to remind us that we have a duty to make this prayer work.

It was customary for people to bring their children to a Rabbi for a blessing. Thus people were bringing children to Jesus so that he could lay His hands on them and pray for them. The disciples thought the children were unworthy of the Master’s time. Jesus told his disciples to let the children come because the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these. The disciples must have forgotten what Jesus had said about children earlier (18:4 – 6). Heaven belongs to such as children because they don’t keep malice, they love and easily forgive. They are open hearted. This is one character God desires to see in us.

How can you bring your children to God? Think about it because there are so many ways you can do it – initiation into the church by baptism, Sunday school, Children ministry, Church activities and programmes. If you have not been doing so, start today. Send them to Jesus Christ.

Food for Thought: Matthew 18:3

Prayer: Lord grant unto parents the wisdom they need to train their children according to your will and purpose in Jesus name