Prayers, Planted as Seeds, Grow in Jesus' Heart

In followup to "Keeping Track of Prayers," janicemr55@hotmail.com writes how children she supervises in daycare are learning that "Prayers Planted as Seeds Grow in Jesus' Heart,"

There is little that can be more heart warming than little children believing what you tell them by putting what you say into practice!

Following the suggestion of tracking our prayers that Max Lucado made in his Bible study called "You Will Get Through This," these children are putting themselves in position to prove, and remember, that Jesus answers their prayers.

Why are we told in the Bible that unless we are like the children, we will not see the Kingdom of Heaven? (Matthew18:3)  Could it be that children have an innocence about them, a genuineness, and a vulnerability that needs shepherding?  Moreover, they have not been exposed to and ensnared by the evils in the world.  If they can be shown the truth about salvation by the grace of Jesus' sacrifice for all our sins, they will have longer to live out the truths of His promises before spending eternal life in Heaven.

Recently, a few children put into practice what most people just talk about.  The truth is, we all envy their pristine belief that what Jesus says He will do and has done He will fulfill.  After all, they take the fact that Jesus knows our prayers even before we say them (Matthew 6:8) as the truth.

Just as Abraham became fully persuaded that God could and would do what He promised (Romans 4:21), these souls precious to Jesus and to us all are becoming similarly fully persuaded.  They are planting the seeds that will track their salvation by their belief in Jesus Christ; as they grow into their adult years they too will become fully persuaded.

Starting out with open hearts, they began as follows:

Then they began diligently preparing their fields of potted prayers to Jesus:

They worked and worked, eager for their prayers to become known to The Lord.  And finally they finished, and though they didn't need them, they put their names on their respective potted prayers to make sure the Lord would not get mixed up.

The boys were not too much into planting.  They stayed busy practicing the art of saving damsels in distress.

But, they sure had fun almost drowning each cup with "living" water as they made certain they too had potted prayers.

They were all so precious when they asked if they could take their potted prayers home so they could watch their prayer seeds grow.  It provided me an opportunity to explain to them about The Lord's timing and will for them, not to mention that the seeds and soil might come out if they cups were overturned.

And when they had finished, each one had sown their seed prayers to Jesus in their own named cups.

 As the plants grow to show a stem, written reminders of their prayer(s) will be taped or attached to their plant stems.  They will serve as constant reminders of their prayers, and when they are answered, they will get some idea of the Lord's perfect timing and His faithfulness.  They too will become fully persuaded.



 
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