Thursday 7 Apr 2022

April 7: Psalm 105:5-11

Key Verse: Psalm 105:10
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

Devotion:
There are so many places in the bible where we can ready about the promises made to the people of Israel including the one made to Abraham confirming he would be the father of a great nation. These stories had been told from generation to generation before we had books and computers and everything else we have nowadays; they were faithfully retold.

Some of this seem to have been lost by our modern society where we have computers and smart phones which remember everything for us; but what they don’t remember for us is the stories. Yes we can read the stories in our books and on our computers or phones, but that is not quite the same as telling those stories to someone else. When I started Christian youth work I began to see how amazing it is to be able to tell these stories to the next generation. Something I have missed over the last few years from being in hospital and recovery and then Covid lockdowns…

But God always seems to find a way we can tell His stories to others. I have grown to love writing these schisms knowing that there are people our there who do not agree with what I write, nevertheless I continue to write what I believe. The joy I get when someone responds to the words I have written or the passages I have referred to is something special.

We do need to remember the stories we read in the bible because God wants us to be able to pass these stories on to others – not just telling them they can read about it in the bible or passing on the words, but giving them to others with love and an open heart. I pass on these words because I know people read them and I pray they will get the same joy out of them as I get from writing them!

Points to Ponder:
Do you like telling stories?

When was the last time you told a bible story?