Spiritual growth in children's lives

You are the "nurse", the Bible is the "milk", the Holy Spirit is the "doctor".....

I trust that God will enable you to help Christian children to grow as you feed and nurse the new born babes He has committed to you.

You are the nurse. Nursing a child (both physically and spiritually) is often difficult and frequently inconvenient, but it can be very worthwhile and rewarding both in this

world and the next.

“Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, ‘Take this child away and nurse

him for me, and I will give you your wages.’ So the woman took the

child and nursed him. And the child grew. . .” (Exodus 2 v9, 10a).

The Bible is the food or milk which helps the child to grow. But it needs to be given in an attractive and drinkable form. “As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may

grow thereby” (1 Peter 2 v2).

The Holy Spirit is the supervisor, the helper, “the doctor” and the One who gives power and ability to the “nurse.”

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;

and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and

Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1 v8).

And we pray that the result will be—growth.

“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus

Christ.” (2 Peter 3 v18).

The danger is that if the child is not nursed properly he might “stumble and fall” and become, spiritually, like Mephibosheth, the child who was dropped by his nurse and was crippled in both feet for the rest of his life.  (2 Samuel 4 v4).

As we pray and work we trust God that the children will grow up in Christ and become mature believers. Let us join Paul in saying -

“Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all

wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To

this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.” (Colossians 1:28,29)

(Mr. Sam Doherty - CEF)