Janet and I try to pray together every day. These prayers invariably include us lifting our daughters and granddaughter up to God. Our daughters are grown and have their own ideas on how they should live their lives. Some of these ideas we agree with and there are some that we do not agree with. Nevertheless we always find a moment to ask God to cover them in their life’s endeavors. We pray for good decisions that are based on His word. We pray to not only keep them physically safe, but spiritually safe.
Job had seven sons and three daughters. The sons took turns throwing parties and were sure to always invite their sisters. Now Job was “blameless and upright” and “shunned evil”. I am sure he may have been inclined to crash a few of these parties and do some soapbox preaching. Instead he would wait until the party was over.
So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed[a] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did regularly. Job 1:5
He prayed for his children regularly. While you are praying for your children ask God to extend that hedge of protection around all children.
