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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.-- 3John1:4 Yesterday contained one of those "most precious moments" for our family. Our second-born 7 year old son's membership status was changed from non-communicant to communicant. That may not sound very exciting in black and white, but the backstory makes the occasion. We believe that children born into covenant families are covenant members. God sets his sign and seal on them at their baptism, and they are accounted as members of the covenant community. Our children have never hear a sentence that began, "when/if you become a Christian..." I can go into the why and how of that in another blog, but for now let me just say that their lives move through the rhythm of repentance, forgiveness and dependence from their earliest days. So Andy's public confession of Christ and identification with His bride were not a surprise. We were not celebrating a new convert to the faith. Andy's public confession was an echo of the things he has always believed to be true. We've heard the same words coming out of his lips many times. So why was yesterday so momentous? Yesterday was a wonderful milestone in our young man's life because it was a testimony of God's faithfulness, kindness and mercy. His believing grandparents were blessed to see God keeping his promise to be God to them and to their children, and to their children's children. Andy bore witness to the faithfulness of his covenant-keeping God, who was and still is keeping the promises He made to Andy at Andy's baptism. Further, it was a day of great joy as Andy was, by the session, admitted to the Lord's Table. This was Andy's chief aim in going before the session. He has been taught, from the moment he was old enough to notice the communion elements being passed down the pew, that participation in the Lord's Supper is something greatly to be desired. God's adopted sons and daughters are called by their Father to come and sit at His table. They are called to fellowship with Himself and one another as they partake of the family meal. They are invited to participate in a precious means of grace in which we are fed by the Lamb, of the Lamb, to become more and more like Him. So why was yesterday so momentous? Because my sweet son was granted the desire of his heart, to partake of the covenant meal with the rest of the covenant community. Because my darling boy testified to the gracious faith-keeping of the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, his grandparents, and his parents. Because my little man publicly assumed the mantle of a covenant keeper. Because my precious child is walking in truth. To God be the glory! |
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