Fight for Your Family

Eli the High Priest lived to see his two sons killed in battle, the Ark of the Covenant captured by the Philistines, and his daughter-in-law
give birth to a child called Ichabod, which means 'the glory has
departed from Israel'. There's a lesson here. Today the devil is trying
to take the Ark - God's influence - out of our homes. Through media and
peer pressure the forces of darkness are seeking to capture the minds
of our children by exposing them to the wrong values. Mum, Dad, what's
being written over your house? 'The glory has departed', or '...as for
me and my house, we will serve the Lord' (Joshua 24:15 NKJV)? We are in
a war, but a lot of us have not been at war! If we're going to 'fight
the good fight' for and with our children, we need to get our act
together. Children don't mind following someone who's showing by
example how it's done, and who's doing it with them. Hannah, Eli's
neighbour, was such a parent. After years of being childless she made a
vow to God: '...If you will give me a son, I will give him back to you
all his life...' (1 Samuel 1:11 NCV). God answered her prayer with
Samuel, who became one of Israel's greatest prophets. Later God gave
Hannah more children '...so she became the mother of three sons and two
daughters...' (1 Samuel 2:21 NCV). That's because He knew He could
fulfil Hannah's deepest longing and that it wouldn't make her selfish.
He knew she was more interested in His glory and benefit than she was
in her own. Parent, can God trust you like that?

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