March 4, 2021 – Click here to listen
I have written many times about having concern for my kids and grandkids due to the anti-Christ position of so many in the world. The “If it is wrong – it is right” mentality seems to be gaining momentum and I fear that my grandkids might be swayed by their venom especially when they attend college. I have spoken to some young people who themselves have expressed doubt that they should even bring a child into this world with all of its seemingly impossible to solve problems at this time.
Recently a reader wrote and mentioned that she had similar fears but came to the conclusion that her descendants were “born for just such a time as this.”
Hmmm . . . I have not been able to get this off my mind for several days now. I have come to the conclusion that my God, who has cared for me and loved me in spite of my black sins and has blessed me with the greatest gift anyone could want, a wonderful family, will keep them safe.
Who am I to question God’s wisdom? I don’t have the ability to look into the future and see how they will weather the storms of this wicked world.
This issue like so many others simply comes down to faith and trust. Do I trust God to stand by my children and grandchildren as they make their own journey through the quagmire of this world? Do I trust that He will never abandon them?
All have willingly accepted Jesus and followed in baptism and I know that God will never abandon any of us! I just need to trust Him and have faith, especially during hard times.
Temptations have been around since the Garden of Eden. As I look at my own life I yielded to the temptations of alcohol and drug addiction, violence, and outright rebellion against anyone and everyone. I was not a Christian but Jesus reached out to me and I put my faith in Him and He adopted me as His son. After that I chose to follow Him and have done so for 50 years. (Yes, it is true that I have not led a perfect life nor will I ever achieve perfection until I pass through the veil and leave this world for my eternal home with God.) The bottom line is though, I know that God will never abandon me and I will never abandon Him.
Without question the world is evil and getting worse every day, but God has promised never to abandon those whom He loves, (us) and we must take a deep breath and have faith in Him and trust Him with the most important thing in our lives, our families.
I can picture Him thinking of my family prior to creating the world and how carefully He planned to bring us upon this scene at the time of His choosing to serve His very important purpose. I don’t know what it might be, but I believe with all my heart that it is for good.
Esther saved the Jews from genocide. She was a Jew herself and her pagan husband Persian King Xerxes had sentenced all Jews to death because of the conniving advice of one of his advisors. Mordecai was trying to get her to have the order rescinded but she was fearful for her own life. He told her, . . . And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” She decided to speak to her husband about this and an entire nation was spared because she was born at the perfect time – “A time for such as this.”
God only knows what purpose Almighty God has for your descendants. Will they become modern day Esthers or Charles Spurgeons, or Billy Grahams? Trust Him and have faith. God knows what He is doing even if we don’t. So quit worrying about them.
Psalm 56:3
“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”