"Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power."
This command from scripture has no expiration date attached to it. The command to teach "each generation" of His mighty acts is the way to keep the knowledge of Gods 'ways' alive in our children and their children. The Lord has done great things in each of our lives and our children must be told of those things. Revelation tells us that we overcome the enemy by the blood of the Lamb, the word of our testimony and because we love the truth more than our own lives.
The 'word of our testimony' is the story of God's works in our lives and our children must know of them. Revelation 19:10 says that the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness of Jesus Christ, which to me, says that when I tell of things God has done in me it encourages my children to seek Him for themselves.
It is my desire that my children would be inspired by what I tell them the Lord has done in my life and what they have seen Him do in and through me and that they would seek Him for themselves, not just to see and know His works but to know His ways personally. I want them to know why He has done the things he has so that His faithfulness is where their faith rests and not in their own abilities.
One of the great examples in scripture of a people who had not told of the history of the Lord in their lives is the story the Gibeonites. They had entered covenant with God through deceit but because Joshua and the elders of Israel made covenant with them they were allowed the same promises and protection given to Israel. When king Saul began to murder them they were nearly destroyed because they had forgotten that they were a covenant people. Had they kept the history of their relationship with God and the things had done for them alive they would have known that they merely needed to call on Him and He would have delivered them from Saul's hand.
We must repent for not teaching our children of the things God has done, not just in our personal lives, but of the great and powerful things He did to bring our nation into existence and why He established us. If we continue to allow our children to be taught revisionist history they will not know that they and their nation are a covenant people who can call on God to protect, provide and preserve them and their nation. The story of the Gibeonites is recorded in scripture to remind us of why it is important to know who our God is and of our right to call on Him to protect us from His enemies........
This command from scripture has no expiration date attached to it. The command to teach "each generation" of His mighty acts is the way to keep the knowledge of Gods 'ways' alive in our children and their children. The Lord has done great things in each of our lives and our children must be told of those things. Revelation tells us that we overcome the enemy by the blood of the Lamb, the word of our testimony and because we love the truth more than our own lives.
The 'word of our testimony' is the story of God's works in our lives and our children must know of them. Revelation 19:10 says that the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness of Jesus Christ, which to me, says that when I tell of things God has done in me it encourages my children to seek Him for themselves.
It is my desire that my children would be inspired by what I tell them the Lord has done in my life and what they have seen Him do in and through me and that they would seek Him for themselves, not just to see and know His works but to know His ways personally. I want them to know why He has done the things he has so that His faithfulness is where their faith rests and not in their own abilities.
One of the great examples in scripture of a people who had not told of the history of the Lord in their lives is the story the Gibeonites. They had entered covenant with God through deceit but because Joshua and the elders of Israel made covenant with them they were allowed the same promises and protection given to Israel. When king Saul began to murder them they were nearly destroyed because they had forgotten that they were a covenant people. Had they kept the history of their relationship with God and the things had done for them alive they would have known that they merely needed to call on Him and He would have delivered them from Saul's hand.
We must repent for not teaching our children of the things God has done, not just in our personal lives, but of the great and powerful things He did to bring our nation into existence and why He established us. If we continue to allow our children to be taught revisionist history they will not know that they and their nation are a covenant people who can call on God to protect, provide and preserve them and their nation. The story of the Gibeonites is recorded in scripture to remind us of why it is important to know who our God is and of our right to call on Him to protect us from His enemies........
No comments:
Post a Comment