Investing Today
Have you ever felt ill-equipped to teach? Tried being in a classroom and it didn’t go well? Or have honestly just felt that there is too much going on in life right now to think how to teach a new generation?
Many of us feel this way. Whether it’s busy schedules, emotional roller coasters, or a lack of confidence or ability to formally teach. But the truth of spiritual education for the next generation is that we all have a part to play. Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee once said, Your environment doesn't define you. I don't have a lot of money, but I can help train people and I can talk to people. We can all be mentors to the next generation. We all have a part to play in the growth and development of the next generation of believers. Because the truth is, we are the product of a previous generation. Somewhere along our journey, someone took the time to share the message of Jesus with us. Maybe they took the time to mentor us. To point us in the way of Jesus so that one day we will see A thousand generations falling down in worship to sing the song of ages to the Lamb. And all who've gone before us, and all who will believe will sing the song of ages to the Lamb (Chris Tomlin, Holy Forever).
The role we have in the next generation is critical to the movement of the Gospel. This isn’t a new concept or struggle for us in the 21st century. It’s a task that has been carried through the generations before us. The psalmist Asaph once wrote of the importance of our job as the current generation that our goal is to not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments (Psalm 78:4-7 ESV).
How we invest in the lives of our children matters. Our investment today can pay dividends tomorrow. To continue the tradition of all those who came before us. To continue the legacy that they have instilled in us. We may not all be teachers or youth leaders, but the next generation is looking to us. At the things we say and how we care for others. They are watching us. Let’s show them the way.
Many of us feel this way. Whether it’s busy schedules, emotional roller coasters, or a lack of confidence or ability to formally teach. But the truth of spiritual education for the next generation is that we all have a part to play. Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee once said, Your environment doesn't define you. I don't have a lot of money, but I can help train people and I can talk to people. We can all be mentors to the next generation. We all have a part to play in the growth and development of the next generation of believers. Because the truth is, we are the product of a previous generation. Somewhere along our journey, someone took the time to share the message of Jesus with us. Maybe they took the time to mentor us. To point us in the way of Jesus so that one day we will see A thousand generations falling down in worship to sing the song of ages to the Lamb. And all who've gone before us, and all who will believe will sing the song of ages to the Lamb (Chris Tomlin, Holy Forever).
The role we have in the next generation is critical to the movement of the Gospel. This isn’t a new concept or struggle for us in the 21st century. It’s a task that has been carried through the generations before us. The psalmist Asaph once wrote of the importance of our job as the current generation that our goal is to not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments (Psalm 78:4-7 ESV).
How we invest in the lives of our children matters. Our investment today can pay dividends tomorrow. To continue the tradition of all those who came before us. To continue the legacy that they have instilled in us. We may not all be teachers or youth leaders, but the next generation is looking to us. At the things we say and how we care for others. They are watching us. Let’s show them the way.
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