One day, long after the toys have been packed away, the school fees have been paid, milestones have been celebrated, grandchildren and possibly great grandchildren have been carried in arms, every mother will stand before God and give an account of the sacred trust He placed in her hand God would ask:“How did you steward the children I entrusted to you to fulfil My purposes?”Motherhood is not merely about raising children. It is a God-given ministry—an assignment to help establish God’s Kingdom on earth.In the model prayer of our Lord Jesus Christ, “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Your name…” (Matt. 6:9), the next sentence is about bringing His Kingdom to earth: “Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10). That tells you how important it is. It comes before “Give us…” (your needs).At the end, the question will not simply be: “Did you raise successful children?” The question will be: “Did you faithfully pray and point your children towards fulfilling God’s purposes for them?”Of all ministries, motherhood is the first and most delicate, yet many mothers do not know this.When we hear the word “ministry,” our minds go straight to the “church” setting. No! Mothers, in whose wombs God begins to call His servants, are engaged in a ministry for which they will be rewarded at the end.Prophet Isaiah says:“The Lord called me before my birth; from within the womb He called me by name…. He said to me, you are My servant, Israel, and you will bring me glory” (Isa. 49:1–3).Right from their mothers’ wombs, God began to speak to Isaiah and Jeremiah. John the Baptist leaped in his mother’s womb upon hearing the voice of Mary, the mother of Jesus.God starts the ministry of a child in his or her mother’s womb, and that automatically gives the mother a ministry: to pray for and groom the child to fulfil what God sent the child through her to the earth to accomplish.Prayer for children to fulfil God’s purposes never ends, regardless of their ages. Paul says he continues to labour until Christ is formed in his children (Gal. 4:19). It is a lifelong job.Prayer becomes the first and primary ministry of parents, particularly mothers. Most mothers pray for their heart’s desires for their children instead of praying for God’s eternal purposes for them. They are emotional instead of being spiritual.Those who pray their desires pray to God about their children, but those who pray for their children from God’s perspective put aside their desires to find out God’s assignment for their children before they pray. This is Visionary Motherhood.These are the mothers who will receive eternal rewards because they aligned their prayers with God’s will for their children.It doesn’t matter how old your children are; you can start praying for them today to fulfil their divine purposes. It positions you for eternal rewards. Solomon was 20 years old when his mother devised a strategy to enthrone him.Apostle Paul tells us that at the Judgment Seat of Christ, meant only for believers who have made heaven, rewards will be given according to how each person carried out his or her ministry.“...On the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value. If the work survives, that person will receive a reward. But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss” (1 Cor. 3:13–15).If your major concerns were your children’s education, health, marriage, business or work, and having grandchildren, then you will suffer loss. Why? God said He was present to witness your wedding, expecting you to raise godly offspring for Him.“Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife?... And what does He want? Godly children from your union…” (Mal. 2:15).If you give attention to praying for your children’s divine purposes first, as well as for the other issues mentioned above, then you will receive the Motherhood Crown. With that crown, you will worship God forever. The twenty-four elders continually worship God with their crowns, day and night, in heaven (Rev. 4:10). You need this crown. This is your opportunity to work for it. Apostle Paul worked towards his crown.Come on board Strategic Mothers, so that as heaven gives direction through us, you receive for your ministry. It will do you eternal good.Your joyful, proud reward and crown as you stand before our Lord Jesus are your children who have fulfilled their divine purposes (1 Thess. 2:19).The crown that will be given to you is the Crown of Glory (1 Pet. 5:4), in recognition of how strategically you played your role in enthroning the children God entrusted to your care (1 Pet. 5:2).This judgment will come before that of the Church, even for pastors. Hence, Scripture tells us:“For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church” (1 Tim. 3:5).Woman, you must be intentional about ensuring that your children fulfil their divine purposes because it will affect you for the rest of eternity.Can you imagine what would have happened if Bathsheba had not arranged with Nathan to make Solomon king? That was the assignment for which she would be crowned in heaven because King Solomon, enthroned through his mother’s strategy and blessed by his father, built the Temple for God. She was a successful mother awaiting eternal rewards. David, too, ended well by blessing Solomon to be king. His eternal reward awaits him, too.When your earthly assignment is over, your greatest testimony will not be what your children owned—it will be what they became in God’s hands through your intercession.Motherhood is a ministry. Your children are an assignment. Their destinies are worth faithfully nurturing. And your eternal reward is worth the labour. 
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