so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. – Psalm 78:6 (NIV)
I remember passing notes to one of my best friends at school. If we had different classes, we would fold up notes and try to slip them to each other in the hallway or put them in each other’s locker. It was a lot of fun passing on notes. We filled them with fun doodles and thoughts of what was going on. Passing notes became a fun part of each day.
Passing notes to a friend reminds me of today’s verse. Our faith is something that should be passed to others also. And you might think, I don’t really think I know enough about the Bible to tell my friends about it. Or you might say, I’m not that good at defending what I believe. It’s easy to find some excuse to stay silent about what you believe about God.
But the truth is, we’re not really given an excuse for silence in the Bible. Instead we’re encouraged to pass our faith along to the next generation.
How can you do that? Maybe it’s by encouraging a younger sibling. You could pray with them if they have a tough day. Perhaps at church you could find some friends or younger kids that attend and tell them what God has done for you. And this doesn’t have to be a huge rehearsed sermon. It can be something simple in conversation. For example, you could say, guess what? Last week I prayed that I would do well on my math test. And God helped me stay at peace while I took it. I got an “A” on it. Basic things like that will help encourage those around you to place their faith in God too.
So today, pray and ask God if there are ways that you can be proactive in passing your faith to those around you so that they too can place their faith in God.
