One, the Word of God does not return void! I looked at the
hundreds of children walking or running the halls, singing, laughing, etc…and I
thought to myself each of these children heard the Gospel in a variety of
different ways this week. How exciting it is to imagine all the Lord and His
Word will accomplish through the children that attended VBS.
As a parent this reminded me how important it is to daily
share the Word of God with my children. To be hopeful for the purposes and
plans He has for them and desiring to be a part of pointing them to Jesus. VBS
was an intentional week of doing that, and I want to intentionally continue to
point them to the Word, so it can accomplish much in them for God’s glory!
The other thing that stood out to me during VBS is that a
lot of planning, work, decorating, meetings, etc…go into each an every event
that takes place at a church. But what really makes the week great is again
that the Word of God does not return void. That all our efforts and our works
do not accomplish anything apart from the Holy Spirit. That even our greatest
accomplishments, events, efforts, ideas are nothing in comparison to what the
Lord has planned!
The Lord is gracious to use us. He is gracious to give us
talents. He is gracious to give us ideas and plans. But He does GREAT works
apart from and in spite of me!
So as summer rolls on, I hope I can slow down long enough to
point my children to the Word of God. I hope I can rest in the fact that Jesus
is enough! That sometimes my days activities, attitudes, and emotions will get
in the way of pointing my children to Christ! But I know that His power is made
perfect in my weakness and that His Word will not return void in their lives.
