My ministry...

Tonight we were in the church, and Eliana was carrying Andrew, and Andrew was looking at me and smiling. I thought, ¨How good and wonderful is God, because he has given us this precious gift, baby Andrew¨.
I want to be a good father. God has given Eliana and I a ministry, and that ministry is to our son. To love him, care for him, teach him, point him to Christ, to be a light in his life. God has to be first in my life, or my priorities will get mixed up. If I put make something else first in my life, then that will effect how I raise my son. When God is first in my life, I can have the wisdom and understanding and trust in God so that I can give my son the time, attention, love, and dedication that he needs. He needs us so much.
May I not worry about money, because if my eyes are on money, I will seek and seek after money, and not give much attention to my wife and son. I must be content with what God gives us. If I am seeking to have more than what God gives me, and I am not content, that will take me away from my wife and child. That will happen because I will spend my time making money, so that I can have those things. And even then when I am home with my wife and son, I will not feel like giving my attention to them. I can´t worry about money. God feeds the birds and they do not harvest or store up food in barns, but God loves his children more than birds, and so of course God will take care of us. God wants me to trust him. But if I do not trust him, I will worry and worry, and I am seeing this happen to many parents... that worrying about money, and seeking after material things will separate parents from their children.
My wife and child are the most important ministry that I will ever have. All other ministries that I am a part of must not be priority. My job must not be my priority. My responsibilities in the church must not be a priority. Internet or television must not be my priority, and I will tell you, satan would love for me to fall for that temptation, and put lots of time doing things on the internet or watching television, and less attention with my wife and son.
May God help me, and I know he will, because he hears my prayers. My wife and son, they need me so much... I must be there for them. I must be like a servant to my family, because Christ was like a servant to his disciples, and actually to all of us. I must be thinking about them, and not just about myself.
God wants us to put our eyes on Him, and not worry about the other things. God says that if we do that, He will give us the things that we need. God wants us to trust him, and that is why he has given us so many promises.. he wants us to believe that he will keep his word.
Their was a great crowd of people that came to see Jesus, and Jesus wanted to feed them all. There was more than 4,000 people! His disciples worried, and told Jesus there was no way they could get enough money to buy food for those people. They forgot who they were talking to. Jesus did a miracle, and provided enough bread and fish for all of them. And he can do the same for us. I want to stop worrying, and I want to remember Jesus. My wife and son need me to do that.
Thank you God, because you are our provider. Thank you God, because you want our eyes on you, so that we can put our time and attention where you want it. Thank you God, because you sacrificed your Son whom you love very much, so that we can be forgiven and saved. Thank you God, for this precious ministry you have given me, to love and serve my wife and child. God, help me to be a good father and husband.