Who Can Find A Greater Blessing

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Text: Proverbs 31:21-28

What a thrill today to be here and singing the praises of God. It is nice to see so many children today as this is a special day in which all children everywhere have the opportunity to give honour to whom honour is indeed due: their mothers!

A great majority of us who have come to know Jesus and to know His love were first introduced to Him through our mothers.
So, this morning I decided to entitle the lesson with a question, who can find a greater blessing?
With respect to growing up with a mother who devotes her love to her little ones I wonder if there is a blessing that is greater?
Of course this question is adapted from the great portion of scripture found in Proverbs 31:10-31 where King Lemuel recites interestingly enough some words that his mother taught him!

To grow up in a home with a woman who has a reverence for all things godly is the greatest advantage that one can have in this life.
Many people who have come to saving faith in Jesus Christ owe it to their mothers. There was one lady in Sudbury whose husband died in the mines when she was approximately 27,28 years of age. She had two young boys probably between the ages of 2-7. This lady through strong faith and dedication to Jesus could be found at every church service in the second pew with these two young boys who were fatherless.
Today, the oldest just graduated from Freed-Hardeman University a minister of the gospel and the other is a very talented song leader.
What a blessing that these young boys, who through difficult circumstances were put at a disadvantage, had a mother who loved them enough to love God!

I just want to look very briefly at the great blessing godly mothers are to the world and why we as the church of the Lord honour all you mothers and thank you for you sacrificial service in performing the greatest job of all time.
  1. Mother's are a great blessing because of their commitment!
    Rarely is there anybody in the world who will be committed to you as your mother. A mother is someone, who will always welcome you home, will always feel your pain and when necessary correct you with those arms or sometimes the backs of the hands of love.
    Why?
    They are committed to you.
    Paul told Titus in chapter 2:5 that the older women were to teach the younger women to be keepers of their home.
    We thank you for this.
    Paul Faulkner told the story how men and women could be compared to home life. It's like spinning plates. Mothers have to keep about 25 plates spinning at a time and they don't bother taking note of their success. The Father on the other hand keeps one but it goes really good and the mother tells him how good it is.
    Mothers we thank you for your commitment to us. We Fathers thank you as well.
    The Proverb writer put it this way in chapter 31:15.
    Not only is their commitment to the kids worth honouring but Godly mothers who insist on committing their household to God are getting their kids future on the right tracks.
    Hannah's example in 1 Samuel 1:11.
    Here is this woman who because of her decision to commit her son to God gave Israel one of the greatest men who ever lived. 1 Samuel 1:27,28.
  2. Mother's are a great blessing because of their instruction & example.
    Many today can recount watching their mothers study the Bible or perform deeds of kindness. Mothers words have a way of at times seeming to be like fingernails on the chalkboard but in reality seem to get etched into our minds and guide our paths.
    Nothing can guarantee our children's future but the living testimony of a godly mother and the words of instruction can only help.
    The example of Lois and Eunice helped change the world in 2 Timothy 1:5.
    In fact in the church, women are needed impress others by their lives and not by their apparel. 2 Timothy 2:9,10.
    Many children can echo this short story about a child who was getting in his mother's way all day on a very busy day. Finally, she asked if he would like to go outside and play on the swing set when he replied, I would rather be in here with you mommy. Finally exasperated she asked what he was doing, "The Sunday school teacher said to walk in Jesus' footsteps but I can't see him, so I'm walking in yours."
    How wonderful when those footsteps do indeed mirror the Master's closely.
  3. Mother's are a great blessing because of their undying love.
    Its amazing in the Bible that when the Bible compares something of God to man, the intent is not to make the thing of man seem nothing, but rather to show us how great the thing of God is.
    In fact, the thing that is compared actually becomes honoured through it.
    Example of Matthew 17- transfiguration- Jesus - Moses, Elijah!
    Who knows your blood type?
    Who knows your first word?
    Who knows when you received your first tooth?
    Who knows when things just aren't right?
    Who knows your favourite food?
    Who knows your favourite sport?
    Who knows when you're probably not being 100% truthful?
    Who knows when you need a hug, a kick or a swat?
    Who knows what you are allergic to?
    Who knows how to hold you when you are a baby?
    Who knows how to speak to you?
    Who knows how to help you in your homework?
    It's your mom!
    Why? Isaiah 49:14-17.
    Now, there have been cases where some women have loved themselves more than their children.
    We feel for those children. But, shall a mother forget her nursing child?
    Again, Paul told Titus that the aged women are to teach the younger women to love their children, but when a mother does love her kids, who can find a greater blessing?
And it is because of that undying love that millions will stand on judgment day and as they enter into the heavenly home singing praises to God, they will whisper a thank you to the woman who raised them to have a reverence for all things godly!

That Proverb ends very beautifully read with me Proverbs 31:28,30,31.
3 invaluable traits of godly mothers for which the church of Jesus Christ honours you mothers and says thank you for guiding the children that God has given you in the direction of saving faith.
May all mothers see the importance of committing their households to knowing God, influencing their precious ones through instruction and example and loving them as the Father in heaven loves us all.

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