Future Generations

Future GenerationsThese days I’m enjoying my new title – I’m “Pop”. I have three precious grandchildren and hope to have more in the years to come. I love seeing my kids become parents and instill their values into their own children. I can still remember when my children were small. I do have a few video clips and pictures to help me remember. I wonder what life will be like when they are 30 years old. I have been praying for them and their parents that they will grow up loving God and knowing how much He loves them. This was my prayer over my kids while they were growing up.

In my reading this morning of Psalm 102, the Psalmist is distraught and struggling. He then recognized the Presence of God. Check this out….

¹² But you, O Lord, will sit on your throne forever.
    Your fame will endure to every generation.
¹³ You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem—
    and now is the time to pity her,
    now is the time you promised to help.
¹⁴ For your people love every stone in her walls
    and cherish even the dust in her streets.
¹⁵ Then the nations will tremble before the Lord.
    The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord will rebuild Jerusalem.
    He will appear in his glory.
¹⁷ He will listen to the prayers of the destitute.
    He will not reject their pleas.

¹⁸ Let this be recorded for future generations,
    so that a people not yet born will praise the Lord.

²⁸ The children of your people
    will live in security.
Their children’s children
    will thrive in your presence.” (Psalm 102:12-18,28 NLT)

I want to live a life that reflects the Presence of God.

I want to navigate struggle and suffering with His Power in me.

I want to point to Him with my everyday life here on earth.

I want the choices I make today to stand the test of time and honor God for years to come. I want my life to influence others to know the Lord.

This passage of scripture reminded me of a song released in the 1990’s by a group called 4 Him. The song is called Future Generations.

The signs are obvious, they are everywhere
All that we hear about is the gloom and despair Too many would be prophets sayin’
“It’s the end of it all”
‘Cause mother earth can’t take much more
The hammer’s gonna fall

So nature has its needs,
that’s a lesson learned
But it appears to me
there are greater concerns
‘Cause we can save the planet
Thinkin’ we will somehow survive
But father time is calling us
To save somebody’s life, so

If we could find a way to
preserve our faith
So those who follow us
See the price that was paid
Then maybe when they question
What it’s gonna take to survive
They’ll find the strength to carry on
In what we leave behind

Lookin’ in the eyes of the children
Knowing that tomorrow is at stake
When the choice is up to them
Will they have the strength to say

I won’t bend and I won’t break
I won’t water down my faith
I won’t compromise in a world of desperation
What has been I cannot change
But for tomorrow and today
I must be a light for future generations

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Pressing On!

Dwayne