- Children for Barren
Psalm 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house,
And to be joyful mother of children.
Praise ye the Lord.
The promise is that God will give children to the barren. If only this could be literally true many sterile couples would rejoice. The Lord granted children to some famous women in the Bible who seemed to be sterile. These events were seen as truly miracles from God; however, not everyone who prays for children will receive this promise and become a joyful mother.
God created, designed, and meant women to bear and raise children according to His purpose, but childbearing does not always happen for every woman. Therefore, we are left with the conclusion that God’s purpose for a few women is not to have children. We can be certain that God’s purpose for every child of God will be fulfilled; but we cannot assume we know what that purpose must be; we by faith leave that up to the Lord. But in some way that we may not like or understand every woman will be a “joyful mother.”
The promised truth that we can take away from this verse is that God’s purpose and design for our life will be realized. Humans have the freedom to thwart God’s purpose and mess up His design. When we submit our will to God’s will, however, we can be sure His purposes and promises will come about. Even when we must say, “Thy will be done,” it may mean redemptive suffering for something good. When God’s will is done the barren are joyful, the empty are filled, and the meaningless are given significant purpose.
The term “mother of children” in this promise context means that something of your self will be a blessing to the created world according to His purpose. The faithful child of God will “bear” fruit that will be salt and light to the world. We cannot always see this kind of “seed” being born, but we can believe it by God’s Word.