God is with You!

God is with YOU! He is there in all the day to day routine and the humdrum of daily life. He is there when you need wisdom and guidance in being a parent, or when you have decisions to make. He is there when you are relaxing and enjoying your family.  As you seek to love Him and bring up your children for Him, He is most definitely with you and for you. And one of the very best things we can teach our children is that God is with them and for them! 


When Joshua began to lead Israel into the promised land after Moses death, wow, he had a formidable task! This is what God said to him:

"I'll be with you. I won't give up on you; I won't leave you. Strength! Courage! You are going to lead this people to inherit the land that I promised ......... Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don't be timid; don't get discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you take." Joshua 1:5-9 (Mssge)

Parents, do you think you also have a responsibility in  leading your young people into their promised land? Each child has their own inheritance in Christ, and God has a purpose and a plan to bring to fulfillment in each life. So the answer is Yes, you do have responsibility in leadership, but don't let this make you anxious.  Read the verse above again and take heart - GOD is with you every step of the way! 


God is with you, but more about that in another blog. Right now I want to concentrate on our children knowing that God is with them and FOR them. Don't be like that angry mum who said to her 3 year old, "Don't you do that, God is watching you! " implying that He is there to be angry and punish the child. No, no, certainly not! Our children need to grow in the knowledge that God loves them, that He is with them and will never leave them. 

At a mums and tots group, the mums were chatting, and the little ones playing, when a little boy fell over and banged his knee on a toy. He ran to his mother crying, and as she cuddled him, she said, " Please Jesus make Caleb's knee better!" It was obvious that this child was learning at every turn that God is with him! He will grow up to be a man of faith like his namesake! (See Num 13:30, 14:24).  Use every opportunity to talk to Jesus and thank Jesus with your children, and to pray with them and for them. And tell them of the great things He has done in the Bible and for you personally and as a family.

When my daughter was just 3 years old, she was in the bath with her 7 month old brother  when, without warning he suddenly tried to pull himself up at the side of the bath. We were living abroad and the edge of the bath was tiled and sharp and he slipped and caught his chin on the sharp edge. Of course, I was sitting there - and grabbed Stevie and wrapped him in his white towel, holding it against his mouth and chin and it quickly turned red with the flow of blood. Joey, as we called her then, put her hand up to touch her baby brother, saying, "Jesus, make baby boy better!" When he stopped crying, I unwound the towel to find out how badly he had cut himself, and although I searched, there was not a mark or any swelling on his chin, or lips or tongue! There was just nothing to show for all that blood! I was amazed - no wonder I remember it to this day! God had touched our little boy right there in our bathroom! The simple prayer of faith from a little girl, was answered beyond my expectation! The towel was soaked in blood - but none on him! God was certainly with us! And my little girl and I certainly knew that evening that Jesus, our Healer, was very close and that He loves us.

Look at these examples in the Bible of young people who God had His hand on. Each one of these young men and women were given a special task from the Lord - but first they needed to know that GOD was with them. Gideon was so weak, he was hiding from the enemy while he did the family chores. Samuel and David were just young lads. Jeremiah was a young man - God told him :


“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’

Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,

And all that I command you, you shall speak.

⁸ “ Do not be afraid of them,

For I am with you to deliver you.” 

Mary, the mother of Jesus, was probably only a teenager when the angel of the Lord told her she would become the mother of the Messiah! She needed to KNOW God was with her! And  Jesus Himself needed to know His Father's presence more than anything else!

Samuel: 1Sam 3: 19

 “Thus Samuel grew and the Lord was with him

and let none of his words fail.”

Gideon:  Judges 6:12

“And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him

          ‘The Lord is with you, O valiant warrior.”

 David:  1 Sam 17: 37

“And David said, ‘ The Lord Who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”      

And Saul said to David, “Go and may the Lord be with you.” 

“ Now Saul was afraid of David for the Lord was with him.”

                         “And David was prospering in all his ways

for the Lord was with him.”

Jeremiah  Jeremiah 1:8

 “’Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,’                                   declares the Lord.”

Mary: Luke 1:28

                   “And coming in, the angel said to Mary, ‘ Hail favoured one!

                   The Lord is with you’”

Jesus:  Luke 2:40

“And the child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.”

Now, you may argue that these were special people in the Bible and they certainly were. And so are your children special. Each one has a destiny and God has a plan for each life. As your children experience God with you and God with them, and learn to love His presence, then they will grow up into that future and purpose that God has for them. 


Here are a few ways of making sure that you and your children keep remembering Jesus is with you:


Sing praise songs in the car, have praise cds playing at home, and when your children are going to sleep.
Pray together at night and any other time. Let prayer be simple and a natural conversation with Jesus.
Pray for problems your child shares and school troubles and difficulties.
Thank the Lord together for answered prayer and that He is good AND that He is with YOU!
Do lots of fun things, and laugh a lot - because your children will absorb that it is great to know God!
Most of all, keep affirming to your child that he/she is special to God and that the Lord is always close to help and will keep him/her safe always.


Hebrews 13:5,6 (Amplified)
..... for He [God]Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
⁶ So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper .... I will not fear.


Start speaking that out today "The LORD is my Helper" to yourself and to your kids! You can alter the inflection on the words - 


"The LORD is my Helper."
"The Lord IS my Helper."
"The Lord is MY Helper."
"The Lord is my HELPER."


Do you get it?? God is with you! He will never leave you. He is with each of your children right now!


If you are reading this, and you are not sure whether you really know God, then just ask Him to come into your life. Jesus died for you and loves you and your family. If you want to know more about knowing Jesus, look at the link  here .