5 Great Bible Verses About Children Being A Blessing

Here are five of the greatest Bible verses about children being a blessing.

Psalm 127:3-5 “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.”

Children are no mistake or accident. The day of their birth was long ago determined by God as the psalmist wrote, “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them” (Psalm 139:16) so children are a blessing or gift from God not unexpected and they should be given thanks for to God. What greater joy is there than to be at the birth or hear the news that a child of yours has been born! So too is there joy in heaven when one is born again through faith in Christ (Luke 15:7, 10).

John 16:21 “When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.”

When a person is born again, they experience growing pains in the faith, but later, it yields a fruitful harvest born of the Spirit of God and the fruits of the Spirit are made manifest for everyone to see and so here, Jesus is acknowledging the joy that is received when a human being is born to a family. They are a great blessing to everyone in the family; parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and so on. This is a joyful occasion by all means and all of the intense pain involved in the birth of the child seems to pale in comparison to the great joy of having a new baby in the family.

Matthew 18:1-3 “At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

In teaching His disciples about humility, Jesus pointed them to the nature of children. He took a child in His arms and said, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” and what He was saying is that everyone must humble themselves. They must have a childlike faith and they must trust in the Savior or they cannot be saved. God will oppose anyone who is proud (James 4:6) but will extend His grace only to the humble.

Proverbs 17:6 “Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.”

As a grandfather myself, I take great joy in my grandchildren, even though they live far from me and I can’t see them very often but that doesn’t mean I can’t pick up the phone and call them and keep in touch. Solomon, who possibly by this time had grandchildren of his own, wrote that children are like a crown to the grandparents and the glory of their parents, or in other words, they are very proud of them and most precious in their sight. For grandparents, it’s like having their own children all over again but without all the responsibility and grandparents play a key role in their grandchildren’s lives.

Matthew 18:10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.”

Once more, Jesus is speaking about the children and those who would offend one of these would be in serious trouble with the Father in heaven because He sees everything that happens. In this paragraph, Jesus may have actually been speaking about newer believers or those new to the faith because they are more easily led astray so Jesus asks, “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish” (Matt 18:12-14). Either way, we have read that children are a blessing from God and not to be despised, and consequently, we should give thanks to God for them.

Conclusion

I could have also included Mark 10:14 where Jesus says “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God” because the idea behind this verse shows that a person must have the humility of a child, the teach-ability of a child, and the faith of a child. This is behind the idea of humbling ourselves before God, confessing our sins to Him, repenting of our sins, and putting our trust in Christ. Then, as a child of God, the greatest blessings of all are still yet to come (Rev 22).

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.