As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem
I just heard a wonderful message that was preached on Mother’s Day, and wanted to share the thoughts from the message with you. I’ve never heard a mother described like this preacher did.
The mother is a picture of the holy spirit in the family. You have God the Father, a picture of the father; God the Son, a picture of the elder brother: and the Holy Spirit, a picture of the mother.
The Bible says that the holy spirit giveth life. The holy spirit gives life to
- creation
- Christ
- the church
- the Christian
The only thing in the world that gives life, is the female. So we are going to look at how the mother is a picture of the holy spirit.
Just as the holy spirit arranges the mood in a church, so does the mother in a home. The old saying,” if momma aint happy, aint nobody happy,” is more than a cliché. Women can make or break a good day at home. If you want to be the best mother you can be, study the ministry of the holy spirit. The holy spirits ministry to Gods children is extremely similar to the ministry of a mother.
The Ministry
I. Consolation ~ There is not greater comforter to a child of God than the holy spirit. When you are facing lifes greatest problems, there is no better relief than that which comes when the holy spirit speaks peace to your soul. We all know how our problems seam to be so much less significant once we can share them with out mother. That has now become out ministry. Consoling our husband, our babies, our church families.
II. Education ~ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Prov 6:20. You birthed these children, you have the right and the responsibility to instruct them. Teach your children about the Bible. Don’t just tell them the stories in the Bible, sit down and read the Bible stories to them. Not only will this teach them about the Bible, but it will also teach them to love their Bible and all of its content. It will teach them to rely on the precious words and promises that God has had pinned down for us. Teach your children to love the Lord. The best way to teach them to love the Lord, is to love Him yourself. Your children should see you worshipping Him outside of the house of God. They should see your devotion to Him in reading His word, praying to Him, and worshipping Him. It is not their Sunday School teachers responsibility to teach them all they know about the Bible. It is not their preachers responsibility to teach them all they know about living for God. It is however, as their mother, our responsibility.
III. Edification ~ Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you. John 16:13-14. I think that all of us probably throw a pity party every once in a while about how much we do and how little recognition we get for it. Much of the holy spirits work goes unnoticed. The Bible says here that he doesn’t testify of himself but gives the glory to God. It is our job to edify our families. Your husband needs to know that he is “running well,” so to speak. It wont kill you to brag on him every once in a while. This preacher mentioned that how as a boy he always wanted to please his daddy. He said that he tried so so hard to make his daddy proud, but very few times did he remember his daddy telling him how proud he was. He then recollected on how he didn’t have to do much at all for his mommy to tell him what a good job he had done, or that she was so very proud of him. We ought to be that for our children. There definitely has to be discipline, and I don’t feel that they should get a new toy every time they make their bed; but I do know that there is such a look of achievement in their eyes when they are praised a little. Let them be kids. Don’t try to make grown ups out of babies. The Bible says that it is in every person to be a kid in I Cor 13:11. It says when I became a man I put away childish things. So its better to let them be a kid while they are little than to miss it then and be a kid after they’re grown.
IV. Supplication ~ Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Eph 6:18. No one can carry a burden like a mother. No ones heart aches for her children like a mothers does. When everyone else in the world has given up hope on her child, a mothers desire to see that child saved, safe, healthy, happy, and well still burns within her soul. A Christian mother never ever gives up on her children.
Unlike the holy spirit, we are not perfect. Our ministry is not always what God would have it be. However, we ought to strive to live the cleanest, purest, and obedient life that we can. We need to strive to please God in all that we do. The greatest thing we can leave our children is the assurance that their mommy loved the Lord, and memory after memory of how she lived for God and loved her family.
