WEDNESDAY 9th DECEMBER 2015
TRUNCATING YOUR CHILD'S DESTINY?
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come
on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb:
and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Judges 13:5
Judges 13:5
Read: Judges 13:2-5
2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
3
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her,
Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive,
and bear a son.
4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall
come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the
womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines.
Message
Because God is a God of purpose, He
never does anything without a purpose. When He speaks, He has a purpose
for what He says. When He laughs, there is also a purpose (Psalm 37:13).
When He created you, it was for a purpose. May you fulfil God's purpose
for creating you in Jesus' Name. Do you know that God's plan and
purpose for your life had been concluded long before He laid the
foundations of the earth (Ephesians 1:3-5)? However, for you to fulfil
this purpose, you need to understand it, and you need to do everything
to ensure it is not derailed. Our Bible reading shows how crucial it is
to understand purpose.
When an angel was sent to announce to
Manoah's wife that she would conceive and give birth to Samson, it was
for a specific purpose: the child was to be set apart unto God as a
Nazarite. One lesson here is that even when God has a specific purpose
for a person, it is the responsibility of parents not to derail this
purpose, right from the point of conception, until God's plan is
fulfilled. For example, if Samson's mother had insisted on taking
alcoholic drinks or eating anything classified as unclean after she had
been warned by the angel, she would have derailed God's purpose for
Samson.
The plan of God for Samson was that the Holy Spirit would
start working on him right from when he was in his mother's womb; but
if his mother had consumed alcohol, two spirits would have been at war
in her: the Holy Spirit and the spirit of alcohol (a demonic spirit).
Because the Holy Spirit would not work where the spirit of alcohol holds
sway, Samson would never have become what God planned for him to be.
This simply tells us that the physical and spiritual state of parents,
particularly mothers, is of great importance, right from the conception
of a child.
The actions of a mother affect the foetus in her womb
and can alter the destiny of a child. The actions of a pregnant woman
who smokes cigarettes or marijuana, often takes alcohol or hard drugs
such as cocaine and so on will definitely affect the baby in her womb.
Sometimes, the physical structure of that baby is tampered with, leading
to abnormal foetal development or deformities. Such children could even
develop mental health issues and find it difficult to live normal
lives. Worse still, if a child ends up being aborted, the destiny of
that child is completely destroyed. Beloved mothers, abstain from
anything that can cause harm to your unborn child! Do not be guilty of
truncating your child's destiny!
Action Point:
You will give account of all the children who came into this world through you. Be careful!
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: PSALM 100-104 and HEBREWS 12:3-29
AUTHOR: Pst. E. A. ADEBOYE
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