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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

War Stories (Psalm 44:1-8)

Ps.44:1-3 - Here the younger generation is speaking and talking about how they heard war stories from their fathers. The stories are from when their fathers walked with the Lord and followed Him into the promised land. These stories are from those who went before them and faithfully followed the Lord. And because those who went before were faithful to follow the Lord they were able to experience the Lord's faithfulness and pass their stories of God's faithfulness along to the next generation. As a matter of fact - those who went before were not always faithful to follow, however they were faithful to continue following even after they stumbled time and time again. The point is that the older generation actually walked with the Lord and because they did they had stories to pass down to the next generation.

Ps. 44:4-8 - Because the older generation walked with the Lord and shared their war stories to the younger generation now the younger generation followed the Lord as their God and King. Because the older generation passed along their war stories of how the Lord delivered their enemies into their hands the younger generation went boldly into battle knowing that their Lord would give them victory over their enemies.

Reflection: I want to leave a legacy like this to those who come behind me. I want to walk with the Lord and live in the victory He has secured for me on the Cross through my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! I want to engage the Enemy in battle (Eph.6:12) and have my own war stories of God's faithfulness to pass along to the next generation. I want to lead others who give their all to follow Jesus, but before I can lead others to give their all to follow Jesus I must first lead by example and give my all to follow Jesus!

The Point: To have war stories to pass along you have to go to war! Before you can lead others to give their all to follow Christ you have to first give your all to follow Christ.

Application: Be and Lead others to be disciples of Jesus Christ who give their all to seek and serve the Lord, the lost, and the least! BLead for Christ!

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