This fall isn’t like last fall.

Back to school pictures are a little different.

Kitchens and spare bedrooms have been converted into classrooms.

School has started but few have gone back into the school classroom.

Indeed the start of the 2020-21 school year is different. 

Amid the different one thing remains. One thing is sure and one thing that is true. The ONE who is unchanging is right here in the midst of it with us. The ONE who does not change (Malachi 3:6) is ever faithful by our side. And He’s given us a back to school promise we can bank on.

And I don’t know about you but I need a promise I can hold on to. This promise is going to carry me through internet service interruptions. This promise is going to get me through children complaining about their siblings talking too loudly when they’ve taken themselves off mute. This promise is going to carry my early elementary child through all the loops, hoops and screen switches he’s expected to master at such a young age. This promise is going to give me needed reassurance for homeschooling a high schooler. And this promise is going to ensure that myself, my husband and my 6 children all dwell together in unity (Psalm 133:1) as we navigate this new way of learning.

And I’m banking that this promise will come through for you too.

No matter how you feel about this school year.

Whether your child is attending school virtually, traditionally homeschooled, returning full time to the classroom or hybrid. 

For the single mom who has conference call after conference call yet your 3rd grader needs help with the new way of regrouping.

For the essential worker who is trying to explain to her father how to log into class since grandparents will be called upon to help manage distance learning.

For the older siblings watching the younger ones while attempting to get their own work done because mom and dad have to get to work. 

To the teacher who has 3 children of her own at home.

Here’s a Word in season that you can fiercely cling to:

All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. Isaiah 54:13

Friends, above all, He is their Teacher. The Holy Spirit is a teacher. The Father, who loves His children faithfully instructs them. Jesus, Rabboni is their teacher. And as such, He’s got this!

And wait! Not only will they be taught by Him, but GREAT shall be their peace. 

Take heart friend. God’s got you and He has your children. He is teaching all of us day by day. In Him there is no lack. He supplies all our needs including the educational ones. So we can safely place our trust in the surety of this promise. He will teach your children and great shall be their peace (Isaiah 54:13). Commit this verse to memory, ask, seek, knock and watch Him do it for you.

Let us pray…

Thank you Lord for the surety of your promises. You have assured me that you will teach my children and great shall be their peace. Lord help me lay aside any worry, anxiety and fear surrounding their education as I put my hope and trust in you. May my children have the wisdom, knowledge, understanding and learning of Daniel and the Hebrew Boys. Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me so that I am open and receptive to be used by You. Show me how I can  best encourage my children and foster their love of learning. And let me remember that instructing them is not merely relegated to academics but I am to diligently teach them about You Father. Let them seek knowledge and have the ear of the wise. May your Word teach them, equip them, and correct them. I thank you for being the best teacher they could ever have.

In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.