Hannah in the Bible led a great example of how to entrust your child to God. You don’t have to live in fear!

I’ve spent many years of my life in worry. I’ve worried about many different things that could happen to me. Before I became a mom, my “worry” was manageable in it’s own sense.

But when those two lines on a pregnancy test appeared for the very first time–I began to worry about someone other than me.

I no longer worried about myself, I worried about my baby.

Every doctor’s appointment I felt sick, (and not just with morning sickness) but sick as if, what if they were going to find something “wrong” with her? 

My anxiety began to get worse from there.

What if there are serious complications in birth and I lose her? I thought.

Once she was born, my fears didn’t stop. It was downright exhausting. All of this worry and fear over her was a load I wasn’t meant to carry–and neither are you.

Let’s take a look at Hannah, a mother of the Bible who fully entrusted her child to God.

The Story of Hannah

Hannah was married to a guy named Elkanah.  He had two wives–Hannah and Peninnah.

Peninnah was kind of a jerk, especially to Hannah. You see Peninnah was able to give Elkanah kids, and Hannah wasn’t.

Hannah deeply longed for a baby. She longed for one more than anything in the entire world.

So she prayed, and prayed, and prayed some more. Hannah promised the Lord that if he gave her a son she would give him back to him. This meant that once he was weaned, he would be raised in the temple by a priest, and he would spend his whole life away from his family doing God’s work.

 Eventually, Hannah had a baby boy.

Hannah kept her promise to God. She visited her son, Samuel, every year in the temple.

When Samuel was grown, he thanked his mom for the sacrifices she had made for him.

Hannah literally gave up her life with her son.  Can you imagine doing that?

Luckily we don’t have to.

But, if we can get to the same place of surrender Hannah did, we would be much happier mommas.

We must give our children back to the LORD. They are his anyway! God has entrusted you to raise them!

How To Entrust Your Child to God

• When worry strikes, pray instead of being frantic.
• Remind yourself in moments of fear and doubt, that God is on the throne, and that He is in control and ultimately there is nothing you can do.
• Trust and thank him for being a good Father.

Recognize the Voice Evil One & Don’t Listen

Peninnah was a jerk to Hannah. She would taunt her and tell her that she would never have children. She would ridicule and belittle, and would fill Hannah’s mind with thoughts!

Hannah had to drown out that voice, and listen to the voice of God.

Perhaps the enemy, in his native tongue of lies, is telling you your child will get sick,  or some other horrible thought. Recognize that those bad thoughts are not from the Lord! God does not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)

We have to resist the devil, and he will flee from usJames 4:7)

We have to take captive every bad thought that comes our way. (2nd Corinthians 10:5-6)

Stop allowing the lies of Satan to mind.

Choose To Not Worry

There is power in what we allow ourselves to think about. Declare out loud, that you are not going to let the enemy steal your joy over something that hasn’t happened.

Even Jesus said, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow has enough troubles of it’s own.

That being said, your anxiety might not instantly go away.

“I am her mother and protector, I am the one who is to raise her and make sure nothing bad happens to her! I can’t control if she gets a sickness or a disease! Sometimes she is out of my sight and I can’t stop bad people in the world!”

Realize that your child is not yours, they are the Lords.

I have to bring it back to God. She’s not mine in the first place.

Who is her Father and her Protector?

The Holy Lord Almighty!

We Live In A Fallen World

Now, here’s the sad part. A part of being human on this fallen world.

It’s a big pill to swallow. Unfortunately there is sickness, death, disease, murders, kidnappings, and predators out there in the world. And God’s precious little ones sometimes suffer.

Kids do get cancer. Children do die young sometimes.

It’s gut wrenching and sickening and I don’t understand.

And guess what, I don’t have to understand it, nor do I try to understand it.

Here’s what I do know: I know that whatever comes my way, I have a Father in heaven. He is seated on the throne. He LOVES his children and my children. His peace passes all understanding.

I cling tightly to that. I hold onto the promise that no matter what circumstances I face, God is sovereign.

Dear friend, I encourage you, too, to hold on to who God says he is.  Don’t try to carry the burden of worry or fear over your children for the rest of your life.

Entrust your child to God like Hannah.

And finally, know that God is in control, and no matter what they face in life, he will be with them.

That’s a promise.

For more inspiring mothers of the Bible check out how Naomi went from worry to worship!