The Next Generation
“Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn
aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; And then
the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there
be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest
ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. Therefore
shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them
for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And
ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou
risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and
upon thy gates: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your
children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as
the days of heaven upon the earth. For if ye shall diligently keep all these
commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to
walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; Then will the LORD drive out all
these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and
mightier than yourselves.” (Deuteronomy 11:16-23)
Today’s Morsel: Life affords
us no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the
next generation. Scripture tells us, “One generation shall praise thy
works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.” (Psalms 145:4) The
history of the church is so important to our children. If the history of
the church is lost, the next generation will have no hope. The book of
Deuteronomy is a book of remembrance. Moses wanted this new generation of the
children of Israel to know who they were and how they had gotten to where they
were. Deuteronomy chapter 11, is somewhat a repeat of Deuteronomy chapter
6. As stated, it’s a book of reeducation. What are you doing to
teach your children about what God has done for you? Are you opening the
book before them and showing them who they are and where they came from? Maybe
the reason we are having so much role reversal, disrespect for authority,
perversion, divorce, and incarceration, and rebellion is the opportunity to
educate the next generation is being missed.
Sing: Tell me the story of Jesus,
write on my heart every word; tell me the story most precious, sweetest that
ever was heard. Tell how the angels in chorus, Sang as they welcomed His
birth, Glory to God in the highest! Peace and good tidings on earth.
Thought For Today: Life affords us no
greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next
generation.
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