“I don’t know how to help her!  She cried all night long.”  My heart broke for my sister as she sought for direction concerning my niece.

Cierra is a senior this year.  She is an outgoing student who has always excelled in school.  She has worked hard to get to this place, her final year in high school.  It is a year most young people look forward to with great anticipation.  As we know, things are different this year.

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When she began her senior year, she had twenty-four students in her class.  After just two weeks, nine students remained.

“Things are so different.”  She sobbed.

“No one talks to their friends, everyone has on a mask.  Even the teachers stay away.  There is no interaction, just rules and mandates.”

Now with more than half the students gone, it became more than she could bear.

The most disturbing part is the students didn’t leave because they became sick or contracted Covid-19.  No, their parents pulled them out of school due to the fear of getting the virus.

The enemy not only wants to paralyze the adults with fear, his plan is to steal the future of the next generation.  There is a battle for our children, one that must not prevail.

How do we help our children navigate through this?

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope (Jer 29:11).

Regardless of the enemy’s plan – our God has a plan.  His plan will prevail if we stand on His word–for us, our children, and grandchildren.

As parents and grandparents, the Lord has extended a promise to us in Isaiah 54:13.

All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. 

One translation says, “great is the undisturbed peace of our children.”

The next generation has a blood-bought right to undisturbed peace and they will have it, if we  model it for them.

Peace is a powerful weapon.  One given to us through the cross of Christ.  Jesus said,

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”  (Jn 14:27).

This peace is a peace that is beyond our human understanding.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Phil 4:6-7).

How do we obtain and maintain this peace?  By keeping our mind upon God and what His word says.

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You (Is 26:3).

God is faithful.  We will come through this season with victory. I believe that with all my heart.  In the midst of it, we must make sure our children and grandchildren come through in peace as well.  It’s our job to help them navigate difficult seasons.  To teach them to trust God in the midst of it and to empower them to come through victoriously.

Take time to sit down and talk with your children, hear their concerns.  Tell them what God says about it, help them develop hope and resist fear.  Remind them; God has a good plan for their future and He has not changed His mind.

Kim Potter is a writer and the founder of A New Thing Ministries, which sends a daily teaching to thousands of people all around the world. Her articles have appeared on The Elijah List, Charisma, Spirit Fuel and iBelieve.com. Kim’s message is one of hope. She speaks to the heart of those who have grown discouraged or disappointed by the circumstances of life, imparting hope. For additional information, or to receive her daily writings, go to www.anewthingministries.com (Photo Credit: Getty Images.)

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