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A Reflection Of God
Contributed by Dan Thompkins on Jan 14, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: On this Mother’s Day, we will take a look at motherhood and in it, see a reflection of the Person of God.
1. Note two things in this passage: 1 The Word of God and 2 The normal routine of life. God said they were to intertwine.
B. The Demands of Motherhood
· Planning meals, grocery shopping, meal preparation, shopping for clothes for the family, mending, washing, and ironing, housecleaning; then there is home work and last but not least--mom’s taxi service--little league, dance class, the dentist, band practice . . . you name it. (Exploring new worlds with her children/grand children)
C. The Dangers of Motherhood
· "Cumbered" (KJV) or "distracted" (NASB) in verse 40 is the Greek, perispaw, "to be pulled, drawn away, detached, distracted, overburdened." Martha’s request in the second part of verse 40 shows us she was not only full of care and anxiety, but she was also full of resentment, self-pity, and tension. There was little or no joy in her ministry to the Savior and to others.(Because in all of her exploits, she didn’t take TIME to sit at the Savior’s feet.)
VI. R – RESPONDER*
• “Success as a parent will not be measured by our good intentions, but instead by how our children serve Jesus.” - Gary Smalley The Complete Family*
A. Concentrate On Your Child’s Heart
1. A heart that is responsive to God is the greatest inheritance that you could give to your children. (The child’s heart)
· Reacting – Doing whatever comes natural and easy in response to some stimuli.
· i.e. Hitting back when you are hit.
· Responding – The act of causing our emotions and will to behave in the way they should – loving God and others.
· “I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child.” - Ps. 131:2
2. We need to teach our children to respond to God’s inclinations that He gives them.
a. That is, to respond to God’s pursuit of them; to serve and reach out to those He puts on their hearts.
What a reward: To look back after years of parenthood and see your child properly responding to God’s pursuit and purposes.
Dan Thompkins. (2008). Sermons of Dan Thompkins.
