Tell The Children -- January 25, 2010

25 It will come to pass when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, just as He promised, that you shall keep this service. 26 And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 that you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people bowed their heads and worshiped.
Exodus 12:25-27

The children of Israel had been through a difficult deliverance from Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Their slave lives had been made even more miserable as Moses lobbied for their release. Pharaoh had vacillated between letting them go (temporarily) and increasing the harshness of their situation. Finally the Lord struck Egypt in such a horrific way that the people themselves helped them on their way. Even in this great deliverance the Lord knew they could forget their history once the difficulty of their past was behind them in the Promised Land. So the Lord established a ceremony to commemorate it. He wanted to make sure they remembered to share their experiences with their children.

Do you have any personal deliverances that you have commemorated in your life? Are there any special traditions in your family because of the Lord’s victory in your life? Have we told our children about the interventions the Lord has used to rescue us from the slavery of the sin we were once trapped in? It is tempting to put the difficult times of our lives behind us. Those who follow us need to know what the Lord has done for us. Let’s tell the how great the Lord has been in our lives. Let’s make sure they know they can count on Him in tough times. Psalm 145:4 tells us that when things are working right that one generation will tell the next about the work of God in their lives. Our Father has been so good to me that I want to make sure my children know all that He has done for me.

My God Is Awesome To Deliver,

Pastor Jason