Tiny Words From The Lord

God has had me living in Psalm 8 for over a year now. There is so much meat in this portion of scripture. It is one of the Messianic Psalms. It journeys through praising God for who He is and the works of His hands to pointing out the role of man in creation. The verse that God has been pointing out to me lately is verse 2. It says, “From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.”

I have a 21 month old Daisy, and a 6 month old named Hazel. I am constantly amazed how God speaks to me through them. At times just looking at them, I have to stop and praise God. Psalm 139:14 says “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.” I am in awe of how He put each of them together. God was so meticulous. From their head to their toes each of my girls are so similar, yet so different and unique. I’m humbled that God would entrust them to me and I have to praise Him for it.

There are also times that I have been grieving and crying out to God while I’m holding one of my children. One day in particular, I was crying holding Hazel. I was in a place of conflict and doubt. She looked up at me, read my face, and started to cry too. Suddenly as quickly as she was sad with me, she looked at me with the largest smile. Hazel locked eyes with me and continued to smile until I began to smile too. I knew God encouraged me through my baby. He reminded me He feels my pain and grieves with me, but there are still things to hope for and smile about.

Today, God again ordained praise and silenced the enemy using my children. My husband and I have been going through a desert season and were weighing options and getting ready to pray. The more we talked the bleaker things seemed. Right as our talk started to take a turn for despair, Daisy kept interrupting. We stopped and gave her our attention. Without skipping a beat, she handed me 2 CD’s she grabbed off my mom’s huge CD rack. Both CD’s were sermons from my home church in Rochester, NY. The first was an evening service from April of 2007 with guest speaker, Bill Norton. The first portion of his message was about faith, not giving up, and God using the unlikely to accomplish His purposes.

The second CD was from August of 2008 by Donna Fiorini titled “The Just Shall Live By Faith”. She was speaking on letting go of worry, holding onto faith, and speaking to our mountains with the authority of Jesus. I almost cried. As quickly as I was letting doubt come into my mind, God used my toddler to bring the word of the Lord. He continued and continues to meet me where I am and provide the encouragement I need. That’s just the kind of God He is!

Reflecting back on Psalm 8, it is such a powerful portion of scripture. It speaks of God’s handiwork in creation. It reminds us to look outside the window, look up at the sky, and just stand in awe of how amazing He is. However, tucked in there is an unlikely verse in verse 2. “From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.” God uses the smallest ones in the kingdom to silence the lies of the enemy. When the enemy tried to say our situation was hopeless, God brought us 2 CD’s with a message of hope through my toddlers hands.

It is so easy to dismiss our kids when we’re sad, stressed, busy, depressed, and discouraged. However those are especially times we should really be listening with our natural and our spiritual ears. Not everything my baby coos or toddler says and does is a word from the Lord, but sometimes it is. The bible is very clear that He can and does use children. Let’s not dismiss things our children, nephews, nieces, cousins, and grandchildren say just because they’re young. What things is God speaking to you through them today? What answers to prayer is He delivering to you through them today? My hope is that I am always willing to stop and listen.