GENERATION TO GENERATION

Ps.145:3,4 – Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised;
And His greatness is unsearchable.
One generation will praise Your works to another,
And will declare Your mighty acts.

Recently we celebrated the Fourth of July at Victory Church with our annual Feed the Multitudes event. There are many things that happen that day from serving an amazing assortment of food to grocery and shoe giveaways and so much more. Where I always spend most of my time that day is under the gospel tent. I love to see the diversity of folks gathered there from every age group, ethnic group, and an enormous mix of cultures. This year there was plenty of worship, not just singing or performing but people worshipping the Lord. The thing I loved the most was seeing the youth worshipping the Lord. I could clearly see a kind of passing the baton of worship from one generation to the next, i absolutely love that. here is what Charles Spurgeon says about this passage from Psalms.

“There shall be a tradition of praise: melt shall hand on the service, they shall make it a point to instruct their descendants in this hallowed exercise. We look back upon the experience of our fathers, and sing of it; even thus shall our sons learn praise from the Lord’s works among ourselves. Let us see to it that we praise God before our children, and never make them think that his service is an unhappy one. And shall declare thy mighty acts. The generations shall herein unite: together they shall make up an extraordinary history. Each generation shall contribute its chapter, and all the generations together shall compose a volume of matchless character. David began with “I”, but he has in this verse soon reached to an inconceivable multitude, comprehending all the myriads of our race of every age. The praise of the Lord enlarges the heart, and as it grows upon us our minds grow with it. God’s works of goodness and acts of power make up a subject which all the eras of human story can never exhaust.”

This current generation outside of the church has no idea about worshipping the Living God. That is our challenge in this dark world, to worship and magnify the Lord in the midst of a lost generation to attract them to our great God. I think the real key to this is our young people. As they embrace this torch of God’s glory this next generation will be impacted mightily. I see this happening, this generation is praising God and His works and handing off this mantle to the next one. Something amazing is taking place right in our midst.