ANOTHER GENERATION GREW UP, WHO KNEW NEITHER THE LORD NOR WHAT HE HAD DONE FOR ISRAEL
JUDGES 2:10
Judges 2:10 reads like an epitaph on the graves of those who should have been teaching the next generation about the Lord. And it puts a chill in the heart of all parents and grandparents who love their children. What if those who come after us don’t know the goodness of God?
This passage is a call to pray for generations that will come after us. What could be more important than to pray that those who follow us will follow the Lord, too – only with more passion and fervor? What greater tragedy, even indictment, is there than that those who know us best, our families and children, know the Lord least? Psalm 78 is a call to arms and to prayer for the next generation:
"We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done. He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born and they, in turn, would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands"(verses 4-7)
The ministry Moms in Touch has seen God quietly change school campuses and students’ lives as it has summoned moms’ to "pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children" (Lamentations 2:19). Who is more passionate for the faith of children than mothers? History abounds with the stories of women like Susanna Wesley (the mother of John and Charles Westly) and Monica (the mother of Augustine) who prevailed in prayer for their children. And history is different because of their commitment.
In Christ,
Janet Irene Thomas
Playwright/Director/Screen Writer
Producer/Gospel Lyricist/Author
Founder/CEO
Bible Stories Theatre of
Fine & Performing Arts
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