And I will save thy children!

Isaiah 49:25 But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children

I have had this scripture stuck in my head for a while now. If you are like me you have been crying out to God to save your children for a long time. We know the Lord wants my children save even more than I do. We know that the Lord hears our prayers. Sometimes the answer does not come quickly.

Still we have to keep praying. We have to keep going to the Lord with our petitions about our children. We cannot lose hope or give up. This scripture tells us the God is going to fight on our behalf.

The word contend means to fight or struggle with. So then we see that the Lord is fighting our battles. We know from Daniel 10:13 that there was a war in the heavenlies for 21 days. Daniel had asked the Lord a question and the answer did not come right away. There was a battle for the answer to come through. Even thou God answered right away, there was opposition to the answer coming through. The angel Michael had to fight to get the answer to Daniel.

I was thinking maybe the reason we do not get an answer is that we just don’t fight anymore. We say a prayer now and again, but we do not pray through for the answer to come. It is like we get lazy in our prayer and just give up if we don’t hear from God quickly on our terms.

I remember shortly after being saved I was very zealous for the Lord. I was very passionate about talking with him and praying my petitions through to completion. I would spend hours in prayer. Crying out to the Lord. Praying in tongues. Worshiping. Not just once in a while, but on a steady basis.

Then somehow for some reason my zeal started to dissipate. If you are like me you can relate to what I am saying. We must remember though is that the Lord is the Lord and we are not. His ways are higher than our ways. We may not get the answer we want in the time we want it, but we cannot lose our hope.

In Isaiah 49:25 the Lord showed me the last portion of the scripture that says “I will save thy children”. This is a promise from the Lord! He says, “I will save thy children”!

Don’t lose hope! Don’t give up! Remember we serve a big God. He cannot lie, when He says He will save our children. We can be assured He will save our children.