For
He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He
commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children, That
the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be
born, That they may arise and tell them to their children,
Insights: As we learned yesterday, God desires a
relationship with His creation. In fact,
we were created for a relationship with Him.
His desire is not just for one individual or one generation of creation. He desires a relationship with every single
person and every person in every generation.
So, we can see from these verses that one of God’s predominant reasons
for giving us instructions is for us to pass them on to younger people in order
for them to know God as well. This
instruction covers the entire scope of training. Obviously, it encompasses the gospel of
salvation found in Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. It is, however, more than the majors that
need to be taught. These instructions even
include the minors as well. For example,
Sunday, we had a nursery to “big church” promotion for our 4 year olds. As parents of these new “big church”
participants they need to train their children to use the restroom before
church. If the child acts up in church,
these parents need to take the children out and discipline them, but not just
stay out of the service. They need to
return and keep following that pattern until the child learns to behave in the
service. The rest of the church needs to
be supportive and understanding to these parents because it can be very
traumatic for some of them (both child and adult). The list of instructions could go on and on,
but the point is God has given us His Word to teach it to the next
generation. Beloved, we are not doing
this well in my opinion and as a result we are losing a generation of future
Christ-followers. Draw the line in the
sand right now and ask the Father for the strength to be a faithful instructor
of God’s ways to the next generation.
Questions:
- Whether you have children or not are you helping to
pass on the instruction of the Lord to the next generation?
- Do you think that we as the church are doing a good job at passing on the instructions of the Lord to the next generation?
Prayer: Father, forgive
me for where I have failed to instruct those younger than me. Give me the grace and wisdom to be mindful of
teaching moments You give to me to pass on the truth to future
Christ-followers. Amen.
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