A 2 Year Old's Worship

The most important part of my kids development is their spiritual development. Its great that Luke sings his ABC's, recognizes letters, remembers something I told him the day before, counts to 20, and spells his name. And it always amazes me that he can do any of that. I think that will be one of the greatest things I have witnessed in this life: carrying a child, birthing them, and watching them grow and learn. The words I have to describe that seem to fall so short. But an even greater thing I want to witness is my children loving God more deeply than I do and seeing them purposefully living their lives with Jesus at the center. That being said, I like to record each little move they make toward knowing God and expressing love for him.

This morning Luke turned on the radio in his room. He and Brody were hanging out and jumping on the bed while they listened to music. I was in the bathroom getting ready and heard "Awesome God" come on the radio. I wondered if Luke would recognize the song from Puggles and sure enough, the music suddenly got louder. I went in to see him dancing in front of the radio. He puts both arms in the air and sort of jogs with his legs. The chorus goes:

Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above with wisdom, power and love
Our God is an awesome God

We've learned motions to the song. So when they sing "wisdom" you are supposed to put your finger on your temple as if pointing to your brain. He puts both fingers on his cheekbones. And that's pretty much the only motion he remembers. So as he's jogging around putting his arms in the air and then on his cheeks, he's worshipping God. So cool. I started singing with him and showing him the rest of the motions. He likes the motion for "love." He gives himself a big hug. When the song was over, both Brody and Luke clapped enthusiastically.

Later today I was given a new perspective on teaching my children about God. The author of "Can You Hear Me?" said that we should assume our children hear God. God speaks to us, why would he not speak to them? God does not only relate with adults, but he meets children at their level too. So instead of thinking I have to start from scratch, teach AT my child about God, and tell him God will speak to him, why not assume that as my child prays and looks through the pictures of his Bible that he hears from God, and ask him what God says to him? I learned that its not all about telling him, its about expecting that God is working in his life and asking him...even at 2.