“1. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2. I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: 3. Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6.That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: 7. That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 8. And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.“
What are your children learning from you today? What has your attention? What do you give your life to? In this context of scripture, we see the Psalmist giving instructions to train our children up in the way of the law of God. God had done some amazing things for Israel. He led them out of Egypt! He brought them to the Red Sea and did an amazing miracle as Moses lifted his rod. After they passed through on dry ground, God destroyed the entire Egyptian army. He then led them through the wilderness while providing manna from heaven! They had some disobedience along the way, but God was still faithful and still blessed them with a land flowing with milk and honey. From generation to generation, God has blessed Israel with such great abundance. The Psalmist here is giving instruction that we must continue passing down the Word of God and the great blessings God has given to us.
Do your children see you praising God for all the things He has blessed you with? Do they know that you don’t take credit for all your abundance, but it’s only because God blessed? How is your devotional time with your children? Do you pray with them? Do you have a personal time reading and teaching them the Word? Do they know that Jesus Christ and eternity is the most important focus in life?
Our kids in today’s society seem know how to do everything but love the Lord thy God with all their heart. They know how hunt, they know how to fish, they know how to cheer on a sports team, they know its ok to skip Sunday night church for other things, they know how to watch bad movies, and use inappropriate language if their angry about something. They know how to talk bad about the pastor and focus their whole life on winning a game. They know how to disrespect their momma along with many other things, but they don’t know how to serve God according to truth. They don’t know how to have their own devotional and prayer time with the Lord, they don’t know how to love and witness to someone they don’t like, they don’t know how to say, “I’m sorry” when their wrong, they don’t know how to say no to sin, they don’t know how to say, “thank you Lord for your blessings on me”. We wonder why the world is falling apart. Before looking next door, it would be wise for us to examine our own life to see how we can apply Psalm 78. God has been so good to us. He’s done amazing things for our nation! He has blessed us with abundance more than we should ever have, but yet we don’t teach our children how to praise Him. What are your children seeing in your life? If there are some things that you know are wrong right now, start today with some change! It’s always good and obedient to be in the house of God, but it must go further than that! Read the main context again and have a great day!
Memory Verse
Psalm 78:7-8
“That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.”
