The Passive Womb

An indication against the church’s failure to nurture every child within its sphere of influence – Every child matters.

The Lord has made an everlasting covenant with his firstborn, “the Church”.

The second half of Isaiah 61:3 says “…that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified”.

The Church has been given a mandate by God, to regulate and enforce mandates of righteousness in the earth realm until the heavenly government takes its final place in the earth; according to the book of Revelation chapters 7 through to 9. If we understand foundations and the beginnings of things, we must understand that foundations are extremely important to sustain and continue whatever is built upon them. It is on this premise that the baton must be successfully passed via the next generation, starting with the children.

If the baton is dropped or improperly passed during a relay, the athlete could be in jeopardy of disqualification. The concept of the relay is said to have been originated in ancient Greece, where a message stick was passed along by several couriers. Now that we have discussed the responsibility of the church at its base, and the concept of the relay, we can now use these analogies to determine whether the womb of the church, (that place responsible for the conception and nurturing of life), the carrier, and passer of the message, is functioning as it is supposed to. Or is it passive, especially as it relates to the children?

We can agree that accurate and successful parenting manuals are yet to be written, except for one, the Bible. Okay, if you are an unbeliever, you might say, “I lost you here,” but stay with me a while longer. Can we agree that on planet earth, the assumption of most, if not all, is that the young of all species including animals, plants and trees, should be protected and nurtured until they are able to assert themselves in the paradigm of life? Rules and laws have been historically put in place to protect this paradigm. This concept was specially established and reinforced by Christ, as He rebuked His disciples in the book of Luke 18:16, He rebuked those who forbade infants to be brought to Him for a blessing. The disciples might’ve thought that they were interrupting “adult business”. Jesus told them “Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for such is the kingdom of God”. He went on to explain in Luke 18:17 that whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. Can we assume; therefore, that, we the church, have dropped the baton and must quickly take corrective measures for restoration and restitution to enter the kingdom of God?

Advocates arise, teachers of the scriptures arise, moral and righteous guardians arise. How many suspects, (from the clueless distracted babysitter to the sharks in the pews) will we continue to allow unlimited access to our children. Children used to be reasonably raised by the village, is this concept now obsolete? Will we continue to ignore our responsibilities to the children and hide behind laze a faire concept that allows us to step away from our responsibilities to the children?

The Church needs to step back into its role as nurturer and protector of the children as mandated by God, or we will be in danger of the judgement as declared by the word of God. According to Luke 17:2 “It were better for him that a millstone was hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”

Righteous Destiny must not be denied. We must revisit and remove the shackles of the ambiguity of the law, as we look the other way. Our position can no longer be that of an observer, bereft of responsibilities. True leaders must now pay more attention to the children and all that concerns them.

We have in a lot of cases, left the fox to guard the henhouse. Ephesians 1:4 & 5 must be enacted to reawaken our spiritual wombs “According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.” (KJV)

By Rev. Dr. Claudette Simpson UN Peace Ambassador, mentor and advocate of humanitarian and social development causes.