Daily Devotion, May 20, 2016: You are a child of promise

"Satan hath desired to have you … But I have prayed for thee."

Memory Verse: Luke 22: 31 -32- “And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.”

The Word for Today devotional by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) says

Your problem child could be a child of promise! God has a special destiny in mind for them; that is why there has been so much drama around him or her.

Satan has targeted them because he sees their potential. He has discerned God’s plan for them and he is out to stop it. Would Satan do that? Yes! He used Pharaoh to get to Moses, and King Herod to get to Jesus before they were two years old.

Why? Because one day they would arise as deliverers and fulfil God’s plan. Likewise, Satan will attack your child of destiny.

Paul said, ‘It pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles’ (Galatians 1:15-16 NKJV).

Paul spent the first thirty years of his life going the wrong way before he met Jesus and started going the right way. So as the parent of a child of promise, what should you do? Pray for them!

Knowing the special plan Peter would fulfil and the attack of Satan that would soon come against him, Jesus told Peter, ‘Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren’ (Luke 22:31-32 NKJV).

When your children are young lay your hands on them and speak God’s Word over their lives. And as they enter their teenage years continue to pray and speak God’s blessing upon them. Fight for your child of promise!