For This Time

You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
Psalm 139:16 NLT

I did not write the following. I just wish I did... (A friend of mine reposted it from https://www.facebook.com/ncrisp/posts/10217475010457936). However, we all need to be reminded of the GREAT Truths contained herein:

• Don’t feel sorry for or fear for your kids because the world they are going to grow up in is not what it used to be.
• God created them and called them for the exact moment in time that they’re in. Their life isn’t a coincidence or an accident.
• Raise them up to know the power they walk in as children of God.
• Train them up in the authority of His Word.
• Teach them to walk in faith knowing that God is in control.
• Empower them to know they can change the world.
• Don’t teach them to be fearful and disheartened by the state of the world but hopeful that they can do something about it.
• Every person in all of history has been placed in the time that they were in because of God’s sovereign plan.
• He knew Daniel could handle the lions' den. 
• He knew David could handle Goliath.
• He knew Esther could handle Haman.
• He knew Peter could handle persecution.
• He knows that your child can handle whatever challenges they face in their life. He created them specifically for it!
• Don’t be scared for your children, but be honored that God chose YOU to parent the generation that is facing the biggest challenges of our lifetime.
• Rise to the challenge.
• Raise Daniels, Davids, Esthers, and Peters!
• God isn’t scratching His head wondering what He’s going to do with this mess of a world.
• He has an army He’s raising up to drive back the darkness and make Him known all over the earth.
• Don’t let your fear steal the greatness God placed in them. I know it’s hard to imagine them as anything besides our sweet little babies, and we just want to protect them from anything that could ever be hard on them, but they were born for such a time as this!

Prayer:

Father,

          Thank You for Your Truth! Thank You for blasting Your light into the darkness to expose and dispel the lies of the enemy! You have commanded us to be strong and courageous! To not be afraid and to not panic. For You, Lord, are our God and You have promised to personally go ahead of us. We know that You will neither fail us nor abandon us.  Help us to embrace Your Word, Father, and walk in it. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen