Sowing Seed

A few weeks ago my daughter asked me for help to deal with an assignment given to her by her teacher. The assignment was to recite a Hindu mantra, which is a ritualistic practice of Hindu religion to invoke some form of deity for the benefit of man superstitiously and religiously. With me nor my wife telling her such things were not right for a family that believes in the true and living God, she herself had a deep sense in her being that it was indeed not right for her to do it. She was very restless, anxious, and lost her peace. She had tried her best to convince her teacher that she could be given something else instead. But her teacher stood her ground and did not budge an inch. She simply retorted that it was good to try new things. 

It was after our night prayer that I found my daughter to be very anxious. She requested me to help her in dealing with the matter. Then I jumped into the fray. As a father and as a Christian I stood for my daughter. I wrote a message to her teacher that my daughter was not comfortable doing the assignment of chanting a mantra as we did not believe in religion nor superstition. Then I also called her teacher to explain the mater. It was then that the teacher obliged my request and changed the assignment. To my surprise, my daughter's visage completely changed suddenly, from something very anxious and worried to something bright and joyful. She realized that she can confide on her dad in times of deep trouble. What she could not her father could! That was a lesson for her. it strengthened our father-daughter bond. 

The same week, she prophesied on the Lord's day about this incident and thanked the Lord that the Lord saved her by answering her prayer to be saved from doing something against her faith. That incident became a testimony of her faith amidst the unbelieving majority.

This is a testimony that our children have been under the constant sowing of seeds at home. Our Christian lives, our Bible reading, our prayer life, our church life, all the God-man exercises are sowing of seeds to the children. Unconsciously, the seed of the divine life has been sown into their being. Without us telling them what is idolatry, they all could easily discern what is not the true and living God. The three of our children have this divine innate sense in their being. Perhaps, they are the only Christians in their classes amidst the majoritarian Hindu in North India. We are glad that the Lord has been gracing them to be a testimony in their bit at their level. For this reason, we pay much attention to spiritual education at home; sowing spiritual seed.

Lord, preserve all our children, and may they grow in the divine life. The seed sown into them may grow and grow unto the full maturity.