Deut. 3-4; Mark 13

“Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children." Deut. 3:9-10

When God does something wonderful in our lives we think we’ll never forget God’s goodness, but God knows our nature. It didn’t take the Israelites long to forget the miracles in Egypt. What is it about human nature we remember the bad things and forget the goodness of God. The Lord tells them to “be careful and watch yourselves closely so we don’t forget”. We need to rehearse the good things God has don. That is why he tells them to assemble for the hearing of His word and then teach them to their children. So that from generation to generation families would rehearse and then add to the stories of God’s goodness building a family story of God’s grace. Can you imagine generations of family members telling the story not just of their own lives but the history of God’s dealing with the family. We have lost this kind of family history, most of the time we look at family trees and it’s about place of birth, ethnicity etc. We need to reherse the things of the Lord to our children and encourage our history to be His-story.

God Bless,

Pastor Rick

Next reading: Duet. 5-6; Mark 14