Title: Mother of Israel
There is a saying that “there is the sea in the mother”. The sea is wide and deep. Even when rivers flow into the sea, the sea does not overflow (Ecclesiastes 1:7). The infinite sea is infinite love. A mother's love and grace are like the sea.
?? Mother's Womb
A mother is the mother of all people. Mother's womb (母胎) means the source of life. There are no children born without the womb. Even Job said, “I came from the womb naked” (Job 1:21). In the Psalms, the mother's womb is recorded like this. “When I was made in secret, and marvelous in the depths, my form was not hidden from you” (Psalm 139:15). The process is revealed before God. Mount Hermon is the birthplace of the Jordan River. The snow on Mount Hermon melts and seeps into the ground, and the water that comes out of it is the source of the Jordan River. Without Mount Hermon the Jordan River could not arise. A mother's faith and love are the lifeblood of raising her children. The water of life that flows from the mother who has received grace from heaven makes the children of blessing Israel. “I, Deborah, have risen, and I have risen to become the mother of Israel.”
?? Mohun / Mother's Teaching
A mother's teaching makes great children. Our mothers usually ask this when their children come home from school. “Did you study well at school today? Did you listen to the teacher?” But Israeli mothers ask: “What did you ask the teacher at school today?” It happened in the synagogue when Jesus was 12 years old. “He sat among the teachers, and he listened to them, and he asked them questions, and all who heard them marveled at his wisdom and his answer” (Luke 2:46-47). Like mothers in Israel, we must raise our children's thoughts. We must feed on the word of God. This is because we know that human beings must not live by bread alone, but by the word that comes out of the mouth of God. You must receive and put into practice these words, “You must keep these words that I am commanding you today, and teach them diligently to your children... and preach these words” (Deuteronomy 6:7-8). That is the lesson of creating a nation where God is with us.
?? Mofu / King's Mother
Hannah had no children. By offering his son Samuel, obtained through vows, to God, God said, “I will raise up a faithful priest for me, who will do my heart and my will” (1 Samuel 2:35). He knew that he was ordained to be a prophet of the Lord” (1 Samuel 3:20). Hannah became the mother of Israel. Be the mother of Israel.