—HI Guys! Ryan and Becky here.
This is weird but felt the Lords leading to encourage you this morning during our first home church.
Funny i had just made the comment to Ryan this morning about all the “live” feeds this morning and this is the time for pastors to shine. (semi making fun)
Then the Lord put this in my heart.
How is everyone doing out there? Any zombie sightings yet?
I’m just gonna be honest and confess to the inter-webs that I have been faltering between fear and faith. I’m not worried about feeding my family, or provisions of sorts.
I can worry about what kind of world that my kids will grow up in.
I could worry about the economy.
I could worry that the dreams and visions and plans of our future never happening after all the work we’ve put in.
Most of all i worried about my kids being uncomfortable and not being able to have the life I dreamed for them. I was scared in my momma heart for them.
But during worship at home this morning the Lord reminded me of a word I got for my kids generation. That this IS the GENERATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS!
That men of valor would rise up.
That We serve a good good Father and HE IS perfect in every way!
That none of this is outside the confines of His hand and HE WILL work all this for our good. FOR MY KIDS good too!
Then all of a sudden faith filled my heart for these kids. That they will rise up and they will be generational game changers. That they will be a part of a revival to this broken world. I was no longer having the urge to hide them and protect them from the hard but to use this time to prepare them to be the GENERATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS!
I became excited for our kids.
Excited for what they will walk through and for what the Lord will do through them.
I couldn’t help but think of this time when our kids have been taken away from the socialization of this world and are stuck under our roofs. I’ve seen a lot of talk about using this time to play games and spend time with one another as a family and forced to slow down. But i think even more..lets spend time discipling our kids. Spend time speaking life to them in the shelter of our home. Spend time preparing them to be shot out into a world that so desperately needs Jesus. What a privilege and opportunity this has given us as parents.
What a privilege it is when its been so easy to outsource the discipleship of our kids to youth leaders, pastors, Sunday school teachers, etc. to have to step up as Parents and take full reign in leading our families to Jesus. Not just to believe and serve but to grow and be ready to walk as the Generation of the Righteous!
GUYS! It is happening Right now. We were born, our kids were born for such a time as this!
I’m excited. That is not something I could have said couple days ago.
Hope everyone has their bootstraps on. It is going to be a wold ride but i believe it is going to be some of the Churches finest hours. I truly believe that He is going to knit us together through this even better than before. Praying for our church, country, and our world.
And one day we will walk with Jesus in a New Jerusalem that will be perfect and sin and curse free but for now "wash your hands ye sinners" and keep the faith!
