WHY DOES GOD GIVE US CHILDREN?

1.  TO PROCREATE THE EARTH as we have already discussed. (Genesis 1:28)

2.  TO HONOR US.

Talking about Heman in 1 Chronicles 25:4-6, The Living Bible says, “God honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters. "exalted" him and gave him more "power" by giving him seventeen children". The NEB says his children were, "given to him through the promises of God for his greater glory." God didn't give Heman children to degrade him, as some would think today, but to exalt him. God gives us children to bless us, honor us, and give us greater glory and power in the earth. The more godly children we have, the more power we have for God in the earth. The more power we have over the enemy. And the more glory we have. Read Jeremiah 30:19. The Berkeley, NIV, GNB, RSV and AMPLIFED versions say that God "

It is noteworthy that God commences the blessing chapter of Deuteronomy 28 with these words, "God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth." He then proceeds to say how He will do this - by pouring out abundant blessings, the greatest being the blessing of the fruit of the womb. God's Word says that the blessing of children will set us on high, not bring us low. It will cause us to be "the head, and not the tail". We will be "above and not beneath."

The world looks upon those who have a large family to be inferior. This is the deception of the enemy, the one who is called the Deceiver and the Liar. This thinking is opposite to the truth of the Word of God, which says that the blessing of family will set us on high.

Check these scriptures also: Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16; Psalm 107:41; Matthew 15:4; Ephesians 6:2,3.

3.  TO DO US GOOD.

Deuteronomy 30:5 says, "He will do thee good, and multiply thee."  When God wants to do something good for us, He gives us children.  Look up these scriptures too:

Genesis 32:12; Deuteronomy 7:13; 13:16; 28:63a; 30:9.

4.  TO GIVE US JOY AND DELIGHT.

Luke 1:14-18, TJB says, "Your wife Elizabeth is to bear you a son...he will be your joy and delight...and many will rejoice at his birth." In this scripture God gives two reasons for giving baby John to Zechariah and Elizabeth. First, He says that he will give them JOY AND DELIGHT. God gives us children to bring us great joy, gladness and happiness. Would you like to have more joy and happiness? Then receive the gifts God wants to give you. Psalm 127:5 says, "HAPPY is the man who has his quiver full of children." It doesn't say he'll be ashamed. It doesn't say he'll be miserable. It says he will be HAPPY! Does God lie?

Godly children bring much joy to a marriage. The older you get and the more you mature, the more you realize that every other 'thing' we strive after in this life is fleeting and will pass away. It is only our children that are lasting gifts that we will keep forever. We can take them into eternity with us. Everything else will be left behind. Wise couples will want the gifts that are lasting.

In Ezekiel 24:25, Jerusalem Bible we read what God thinks of our children, "And son of man, on the very day I deprive them of their sons and daughters who are their...

strength,

their pride and glory,

the delight of their eyes,

the joy of their hearts..."

In Hosea 9:16 God doesn't just call our children the "fruit of the womb", but the "beloved fruit of the womb" or some translations say, "treasures of the womb."