Thursday, December 14, 2017

Psalms 78:5-7 -- On Law, Children, and Hope

"For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:"
Psalms 78:5-7


We were talking the other day about how the law pointed to Christ, and in that context I thought these verses were  interesting.  These verses have the idea that the law is there to bring hope to the next generation, and I think the ideas go together really well, because in many ways we are the children that need the hope and memory and obedience that we can learn from the law.  And of course, in other ways, the children that come after us need our examples and our lessons to help them know the law, and know *why* the law is there.

Today, let's set our hope in God, and not forget his works, and keep his commandments.  And as we do, and as we learn why all of that is not only the best thing to do, but also what we *want* to do, and how the gospel is really an expression of love between God and all of us, let's share those things that we learn with others who don't know and who need that infusion of hope in their lives. :)

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