March 24
Read: Judges 13
It is interesting to reflect on the various birth records recorded in the Bible. Given the number of such accounts in Scripture, one would be forced to conclude children, even infants, are very important to God. In fact, many times God gives specifics about a child before he or she is even conceived.
Judges 13 is one such instance. The angel of the Lord appears to a previously barren woman (her name is never mentioned), tells her she will bear a son and gives instructions concerning his raising. Her husband, Manoah, requests confirmation of the message and details concerning the raising, which the Lord graciously provides. The son is to be a Nazirite from the womb and a special servant of God. The young man in question was Samson; a judge of Israel.
One can easily call to mind other such instances such as Isaac, the son of Abraham’s old age and Hannah’s son Samuel. In the New Testament, there are John the Baptist and Jesus. God told Jeremiah directly that he was specially chosen of God. In Jeremiah 1:5 the Bible records God’s words: “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
In each of the cases above, God not only had a specific plan and purpose for each life, He revealed it prior to conception. Every one of these children had a place in the plan and mind of God before they were ever conceived. Every child has a place in the plan and mind of God! David wrote in Psalm 22:10, “I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.” He who knows the beginning from the end and who created all things for his glory has a purpose for every life. Wow. Just think of it. Red, yellow, black, white, wanted, unwanted, loved, unloved, rich, poor, whole or sick, every one of us has a place in God’s plan.
Are you in your place? If not, why not?
Just a servant,
Bro. Tom
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