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by Bob and Debby Gass
Jairus (2)
July 19, 2018
‘Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children.’ Lamentations 2:19 NKJV
The story of Jairus is the story of a pleading parent and an ever-present Saviour. So, ‘Pour out your heart…before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands towards Him for the life of your young children.’ Parent, you can do this. You can be a loyal advocate and a faithful intercessor. You can bring your parenting fears to Jesus. In fact, if you don’t, you might take your fears out on your children. Fear turns some parents into prison guards who monitor every minute and check the background of every friend. They stifle growth and communicate distrust. A family with no breathing room suffocates a child. On the other hand, fear can also create permissive parents. For fear that their child will feel too confined or fenced in, they lower all boundaries. High on hugs and low on discipline, they don’t realise that appropriate discipline is an expression of love.
Permissive parents or paranoid parents—how can you avoid those extremes? Pray! Jesus said so little about parenting, yet His actions speak volumes about prayer. Each time a parent prays, Christ responds. The big message in this story is: when your child is in crisis, turn to Jesus. But don’t wait for a crisis to come. When you send them off to school each day, do so with a blessing. When you tell them good night, cover them in prayer. When they’re stumped by a homework assignment they can’t handle, pray with them about it. Pray that your children will have a profound sense of their place in this world, and a heavenly place in the next one.
Soulfood: 2 Sam 17:14–19:43, Lk 8:1–15, Ps 123, Prov 18:13–16
The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2018
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