ZonderFann

remember the days of old;
consider the generations long past.
ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.

16 times in deuteronomy moses tells the israelites to remember all that the Lord has done for them.  moses passes on and joshua leads the israelites.  after joshua dies, however, one of the first things that is written is:

“the israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord their God and served the baals and the asherahs.”

they did not remember all that the Lord had done for them, and they chased after false gods.  how often do i do this?  after all that Jesus has done – not only through salvation, but through blessing in my lfe – i sometimes forget and chase after something false.  the other issue here is that as a father i should be passing down these rememberances to my boys, so they don’t forget.  

what do you want your kids to remember about Jesus?  as for me, i will pass down that he has sustained us through 3 periods of unemployment in 7 years; blessed me with a career i love at a fantastic company; delevered me from an addiction to pornography; and kept kate and i together during a rocky first 2 years of marriage.  there are a host of other blessings and deliverances, but those are the major ones.

the prophet samuel recognized the value of remembering all that the Lord had done for israel.  in 1 samuel 7, “samuel took a stone and set it up between mizpah and shen. he named it ebenezer, saying, “thus far has the Lord helped us.”  what do you have in your life or home that helps you remember how the Lord has helped you?

what do you not want yourself or your children to forget about how God has worked in the life of your and your family?