Teaching the Next Generation

God Instructs the People of God

Listening for God in Changing Times:

Listening to God's Judges

Psalm 78:1-8

The Message

Psalm 78

An Asaph Psalm

 ^1-4 Listen, dear friends, to God's truth, bend your ears to what I tell you.
   I'm chewing on the morsel of a proverb;
      I'll let you in on the sweet old truths,
   Stories we heard from our fathers,
      counsel we learned at our mother's knee.
   We're not keeping this to ourselves,
      we're passing it along to the next generation—
   God's fame and fortune,
      the marvelous things he has done.

 ^5-8 He planted a witness in Jacob,
      set his Word firmly in Israel,
   Then commanded our parents
      to teach it to their children
   So the next generation would know,
      and all the generations to come—
   Know the truth and tell the stories
      so their children can trust in God,
   Never forget the works of God
      but keep his commands to the letter.
   Heaven forbid they should be like their parents,
      bullheaded and bad,
   A fickle and faithless bunch
      who never stayed true to God.

For Reflection
At Baptism we take a vow to train the child in the way.  Take stock!  How are we doing?

Pray
that we take seriously the vow we took to help bring up a child in the way.  Pray for the courage to act.