What Would I Do For You?
(Circa 2000)
My son David is now twenty-three years old (the year is
2011) and his father's delight. He was given his name due to an interior word
from the Lord which was confirmed on three occasions before his birth. [i]
When David was approaching 4th grade my wife was considering home schooling
David as his sister Cassandra was already a home school student and doing quite
well.[ii] However, I was concerned as David was not as
pliable as Cassandra and I thought that the home schooling experience might not
be the best choice for him. My wife Suzanne, exercising her own very
considerable gift of discernment, felt strongly otherwise -which added to my
consternation.
While I did not actively bring this concern before the Lord in
prayer, I did place this matter on my heart seeking understanding and
discernment as to what course of action to take. It was then while driving back
home from work in Cambridge that I began to ask the Lord for this discernment
when I heard the Lord speak audibly to me: "Peter, what would I do for you?" Reflecting on this word I then understood
that it was God's will that David be home schooled -for that certainly is what
the Lord would have provided for me in an identical situation. Once home, I
shared this event with David telling him that the Lord himself desired that he
begin home schooling. At the time, I also thought that this revelation would
help him accept his transition from grammar school (which he seemed to enjoy)
to the more private environment of a home school. As a result, David began his
home schooling protected from an academic environment becoming increasingly
godless and corrupted by the spirit of the age. Now, these many years later I
can see the wisdom of the Lord's ways as David prospered greatly in the home
schooling environment and to this day remains committed to the reign and rule
of Christ in his life.
[i]
I have told my son that he has been named after David Du Plessis. David was
known during his life as "Mr. Pentecost" and was one of the principal
founders of the Assembly of God. He was also a participant at Vatican II as an
observer. He spoke prophetically to many
in Catholic leadership during Vatican II and urged that a Bible be put into the
hands of each Catholic Christian which he believed would result in a great move
of God throughout the entire world and the salvation of many. Sadly, he was not listened to.
[ii]
In fact, Cassandra had asked Suzanne to home school her as even as a young girl
as she was sensitive to things of the Spirit and was aware that the public
school environment would not be helpful for her -that there was a certain
"darkness" there which she knew was not of God.
