“Our Responsibility to the Future Generation”

Beloved in Psalms 78:5-6 it says:
For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children,
⁶ so the next generation might know them—even the children not yet born…

You know Beloved,
as I look at pictures of my grandchildren.
I can’t help but ask the question:
“what will the future be like for them?” At any time, we’re just one generation away from being a pagan nation.

Beloved consider what could happen to our country if we stopped sharing the truth about Jesus with our children: the next generation would exist with no biblical foundation.

Now this idea may sound extreme to many of you, but our recent history shows an unsettling tendency.
Years ago, our country was founded upon scriptural principles. It was common for people to take their children to church and read the Bible aloud at home. But as time has gone on, our society has become affluent and busy, pushing the Lord aside. Today in our society we see many children attend schools where God is not even mentioned, unless His name is used in vain.

Beloved in Psalm 78, we have been given divine instruction to teach the truth to our children and grandchildren. We do this by modeling a godly life, teaching the Word, and sharing our testimony of the Father’s provision and leading. Our obedience concerning the training of children will determine the future moral character of our nation.

Beloved, all believers have an important role to play in this from the Sunday school teachers who instruct directly in a classroom to the volunteers who drive children to youth school, groups or camps. Parents in particular have the enormous responsibility to train their son(s) and daughter(s) in righteousness.

Beloved,
whether you’re a parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle doesn’t matter!!! You are an influence!!!
What are you purposefully teaching the children around you? Are you teaching them to walk with Christ?

Beloved,
there’s no task quite as essential or fulfilling as investing in the lives of the next generation.

Have a blessed day. 😀