EXPECT INSULTS

Yesterday we talked about mothering with zeal. However, I must mention that this kind of mothering attitude will get you into trouble. Are you ready for this? The description of Jesus in John 2:17 is taken directly from the prophetic Psalm 69:9 (ESV) where it says, "Zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me." We can read it again God's Word translation, "Indeed, devotion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

When you become passionate for mothering, when you embrace it with all your heart, when you are homeschooling and not living according to the status quo of our society you will receive insults. Most people don't like zealous mothers. They don't like mothers who keep having the children God has planned for them from eternity as they are subconsciously convicted of their own attitude.

But that's nothing compared to how Satan hates zealous mothers. They are his biggest threat! They are dangerous to his kingdom. Mothers who have embraced the mandate God has given them to receive His children and raise them to be mighty men and women of God who know the power of God and know how to destroy the works of the enemy get in the road of Satan's plans. He wants to eliminate children. And the ones who are born, he wants to get hold of and indoctrinate them in his deceptive ways.

Therefore, dear mothers. Don't worry about the insults and the reproaches. You can expect them when you are zealous for building a family for God. And how did Jesus combat the insults that were thrown at Him? "He answered him never a word" (Matthew 27:13, 14). You are doing a GREAT WORK. You haven't got time to come down to your adversaries or insulters.

Nehemiah 6:3 says, "I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?"

Blessings from Nancy Campbell