Why Did God Create Me?

While trying to lay my three youngest children down for nap, my three year old son always comes up with the most profound questions.  He purposely does this to spark a conversation that will buy him more time before nap.  Now because of the way he’s trying to manipulate the time, I’ve learned not to engage him, but I try to always of my come back to the question that he has asked.  The other day he asked, “Mommy, why did God create me?”  Then he named all of his siblings and asked me why God had them all come out of my tummy.   Why did God do that? Wow, what a profound question.  As adults we sometimes still ask God the same question. God, what am I created for?  Then I thought what a responsibility.  My children started off as seeds in my womb that sprung forth into my garden.  Now I must give them what they need to function the way God intended them to.  We have a decision and a responsibility to impart wisdom and speak words of life into our children’s identity.  The things we teach them and the words we say have the power to mold who they become.  It is important that we recognize their unique gifts and talents so that we may encourage them into the purpose that God has created them for.  We must wash them with the water of the word.  We must expose them to the light of Jesus.  We must also let them grow and go on to produce their own seeds.  Being blessed with children is a great assignment and responsibility.  We have the power to help mold them into who God has created them to be.  The things we say and teach them as they grow will have a lasting impact on who they become.  When they are little, we have the most influence over them and are their most trusted resource.  They love us unconditionally and learn how to love through us. 

Father, we thank you for the blessing of motherhood.  Begin to show us our purpose. Help us to see ourselves as you see us. Lord, establish our identity in you.  Make our eyes be opened to the gifts and talents of our children.  Help us to speak life into their futures.  Teach us how to pray for them in a way that reveals new strategies to prepare them for their destiny.  Help us be merciful , kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving. Help us be strong when they need correction. Give us strategy in discipline. Let us do all things in love.  In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen!