The Eternal Impact Of A Mother

THE ETERNAL IMPACT OF A MOTHER

Please turn in your Bible to 2 Timothy 1:5 for this special Mother’s Day message. For the past several weeks, we have looked at how the life we are living now will result in future rewards. On this Mother’s Day, I want to show you how mothers can have a great impact on eternity.

Most mothers see their lives as being small and insignificant. But at the Judgment Seat of Christ, I believe mothers will be among the largest group of those who will reap great rewards. With that thought, let’s stand together on this Mother’s Day and read …

2 Timothy 1:5 I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. NKJV

THE ROLE OF A MOTHER

Being a mother is not a casual walk in the park… It is estimated by the time a child reaches 18, a mother has handled some extra 18,000 hours of child-generated work. Studies have shown that women who never have children enjoy the equivalent of an extra three months a year in leisure time! To me, that’s just one example of the unique role of a mother.

A Junior High science teacher gave his 7th grade class a lesson on the properties of magnets. The next day he gave his students a quiz. The first question read: “My name begins with an “M;” has six letters, and I pick things up. What am I?” Many students wrote, “Mother.”

A father was showing his 6-year-old daughter the family wedding pictures. When he came to the page that showed him and her mother standing together at the altar, his daughter pointed to her mother and asked, “Daddy, is that when mommy came to work for us?”

I am very much aware that for some, Mother’s Day is a bittersweet day.

For some of you, your mother has already crossed over into eternity.

Some of you were not blessed with a loving, godly mother who guided you.

Some mothers are suffering from the aching pain of a wayward child.

And some mothers, are flying solo to raise their children by themselves.

With all of that in mind, I want to give you some beautiful words of encouragement, how you as a mother can have a great impact for eternity. This is just my personal opinion, but I believe that mothers will be among the most rewarded and honored people in heaven.

God has uniquely blessed mothers with the gift of having a spiritual impact on their families. For example, there is the picture of Moses’ mother who had the courage to trust God and place her son in a basket and set him upon the current of the river.

We see another picture of a mother who appeared before King Solomon and told him she

would rather give up her son to another woman than for him to be killed.

There is also the picture of the mother of James and John whose love for her sons drove her

to plead with the Lord for her boys to sit with Him on His throne.

There is also the Syrophoenician mother who pleaded with Jesus to heal her daughter. These

are a few of the many pictures in scriptures that reveal the love and sacrifice of a mother.

THE ETERNAL INFLUENCE OF A MOTHER

I cannot overemphasis the importance and influence of a godly mother in the family.

Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous wife (mother)? For her worth is far above rubies. NIV

I think most mothers, look at their simple lives and think, that what they are doing is small and unnoticed. But God says the value of a godly mother is so great that it cannot be measured by earthly treasures. God sees the little things mothers do. He sees your sacrifice to love and guide your children. Thank God for mothers who loved us and guided us.

In 2 Timothy 1:5 we see Timothy’s grandmother Lois. Lois was a Jew, and yet somehow, she came to firmly believe in Jesus as God’s Messiah and the Savior of the world. She then passed on this light of truth to her daughter, Eunice, and together they raised young Timothy to know the scriptures and to be a godly man. Some people have the idea they are too old to do anything of importance for God’s kingdom. Ladies, as long as you draw a breath in your body, you can still have an impact on your family for the kingdom.

As a result of their godly teaching, we find in Acts 16 that Timothy became a disciple of Jesus, and when the opportunity came for him to travel with Paul, Timothy was prepared to answer that call. By teaching young Timothy these divine truths, they greatly impacted not only his life, but many lives for eternity.