If the Don’t Tell Them, They Will Repeat History – Ps 78

It can never be underestimated telling the stories of God’s faithfulness from one generation to the next.  I remember as a young kid loving the stories and reading them over and over of the influential people of faith — Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael, George Mueller, etc..  I couldn’t get enough as their faith in a way discipled me.  It caused me to believe that there was more to God than I was experiencing.

But there’s also a danger if we don’t tell our stories of God’s faithfulness.  If we don’t tell the next generation, then they will forget the ways of God and not keep his ocmmandments.  A new generation will rise up whose heart is not loyal and whose spirit is unfaithful to God (Ps 78:4-8).

“We…must tell a future generation the praises of the LORD, His might, and the wonderful works He has performed” (Ps 78:4).

…”so that a future generation..might know

…”so that they might put their confidence in God…” (Ps 78:7-8).

Then they would not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not loyal and whose spirit was not faithful to God” (Ps 78:8).

We can never underestimate the power of story to encourage faith to the next generation.

We MUST tell the stories of God’s faithfulness.  To not do so is dangerous.

 

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