THE ORDINATION OF MOTHERHOOD
Part 6 * Continuing the THIRD WATCH

“That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;
that our daughters may be as corner stones,
polished after the similitude of a palace.”
(Psalm 144:12).

The above Scripture gives an amazing description of God’s plan for our young people. It’s important to understand God’s plan in a society that promotes prolonged adolescence.

Our sons are to be GROWN UP in their youth! They are beginning to take life seriously, to take responsibility, to act like grown-ups! They understand they are preparing to provide a home for the wife God will give them and to provide for a family. They haven’t time to fritter away these valuable years.

Young’s Literal Translation says: “Our sons are as plants, BECOMING GREAT IN THEIR YOUTH.” They don’t have to wait until they are older to become great. They can become great while in their youth. The word “great” is gadal and means “to make large in body, mind, and honor; to exceed; to be excellent; magnificent” (2 Chronicles 22:5).

They are to act like PRINCES. Psalm 45;16 says: “Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.” What a glorious mandate for raising sons.

These young men are ready for marriage and embracing a family when God brings the right wife to them. Today, many men in their late twenties are still balking at marriage and leaving many beautiful daughters waiting and longing to be married and raise a family. The Bible picture is opposite. Malachi 2:15 speaks of “the wife of his youth.” Read also Proverbs 5:18 and Isaiah 54:4, 6. Proverbs 2:17 and Joel 1:8 speak of “the husband of her youth.” And Psalm 127:4 speaks of “the children of the youth.” The word ‘youth” in these passages is nu’uwr meaning “the state of juvenility.”

Young men can influence society even in their youth. Paul speaks to Timothy in 1 Timothy 4;12: “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an EXAMPLE of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity in spirit, in faith, in purity.” Timothy would have only been 18 – 20 years when he began working with Paul (1 Corinthians 16:10, 11).

The Bible describes our daughters in the context a palace. They are royalty. They are princesses.

The WEB says: “Our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a place.”

The NLT says: “May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.”

At first thought, we wonder why our daughters are described as pillars. Shouldn’t it be our sons? Pillars are strong. Strong enough to bear the weight of a building. And a palace is not a shack, but a huge building.

God wants our daughters to be strong too. We must raise them to be strong physically, ready for child-bearing and the great responsibility and weight of raising a family. We raise them to be strong in purity, strong in their convictions, strong in truth, and strong to commit to the plan God has chosen for them as women.

I love to think of our daughters as the four Ps. They are PRINCESSES, revealing their royal status. They are POLISHED, trained and ready to face their destiny. They are PILLARS, ready and able to hold up the weight of raising a family. And they are carved and sculptured for the beauty of a PALACE. Pillars are not only strong, but the pillars of a palace are decorated and a beautiful feature of the palace.

Let’s remind our daughters that they are royalty. They belong to a royal kingdom, the greatest kingdom of all kingdoms. They belong to the King of kings and Lord of lords. They do not act like the ordinary young person today. They are set apart as royalty.

We encourage them to speak like a daughter of the King of kings. To walk like a princess. To learn to sit, act, and react like a princess. To dress beautifully. We encourage them to embrace their femininity and glory in their womanhood. We want them to fulfil the purpose for which God created them. Because He created them female, they bring the greatest glory to God in embracing their femininity. Therefore, in a pro-genderless society, we encourage our daughters to lift high their banner of beautiful femininity.  

Don’t forget to tell your daughters about the three Ps. And remind them that it’s not just a pretty face that is beautiful. That is superficial beauty. Every daughter is beautiful when she smiles. When is polite. When she is thankful and grateful. When she understands etiquette. When she puts others before herself. When she is godly.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

PRAYER:

“Dear Father God, please anoint me by the power of Your Holy Spirit to raise sons and daughters to be princes and princesses in all the earth, showing to the world that they belong to the kingdom of heaven. Amen.”

AFFIRMATION:

I am raising young people for the glory of God and the glory of the nation.