The Children for Christ by Andrew Murray

the seeking His glory, be the one desire of our hearts.
May thus our home be a blessing to others in encouraging them to take
a stand for Thee. Lord God! let Thy Spirit work mightily in the homes of
Thy people, that everywhere this confession may be heard ringing out:
'As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.' Amen.
Seventeenth Day – Consecrated Parents
‘And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass: how shall we
order the child? and what shall we do unto him?’ Judg. 13: 12.
An angel of the Lord had appeared to Manoah’s wife, to predict the
birth of a child, who should be a Nazarite unto God from his birth, and
a deliverer of God’s people. The first feeling of Manoah, on receiving
the tidings from his wife, was that, to train such a God-given child for
God’s service, God-given grace would be needed; he therefore entreated
the Lord, and said, `O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst
send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that
shall be born.’ And when in answer to his prayer the angel came again,
his one petition was, `How shall we order the child? and what shall we
do unto him?’ Let us consider the prayer, the answer, and the attendant
blessings.
1. Mark the deep sense of responsibility and unfitness for the holy work
of training a child as a Nazarite unto God. The angel had already given
Manoah’s wife the needful instruction; but Manoah is so deeply
impressed with the holiness of their calling as parents of this child,
that he must needs ask for the angel to come again and teach them.
What a contrast to the thoughtless self-confidence with which, in these
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