Day Twenty-Two: The Next Generation
Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD…-Psalm 102:18
We should want our lives and marriages to touch a generation that we will never see. There are generations yet to be created that God will draw to himself. It is our desire that our union with one another will be an instrument that God uses to tell another generation of his excellencies. If you have children this is an obvious place to start with discipleship. We must follow Deuteronomy 6:4-6 and be the primary disciple makers of our children. And we must train them to be disciple makers of their own children. Even if you do not have children, you are called to touch a generation you will never see. Today, let us focus our prayer towards the future.
Father, we know that we can only be disciples in the present. But we also know that our present discipleship today has ramifications for the future. Help us, Lord, to live each day knowing that it will reverberate through the generations. Keeps us from taking ourselves too seriously, but also from flitting our lives away. Stir us up to make an impact for the kingdom for generations to come. Cause our marriage to be one that will make disciples even after we are gone. Amen.
