Making Memories
Joshua 4:1-7
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, [2] Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, [3] And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. [4] Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: [5] And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: [6] That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? [7] Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
The things that you do today may seem to be little and insignificant, but years down the road it will impact your children. Just like the children of Israel might ask the same question: what mean ye by these stones? Today people are investing in their children's education or their sporting events. All this is well and good. I’m not sure that God is as interested in our children's ability to play some game as he is in us knowing Jesus. It’s good for your kids to have have good memories when they get older, but what kinda memories are we creating for them? It would be better for them to have memories of great church service where people worshipped God. This would be memories that would be passed on from generation to generation.
God bless
Bro. Ron little
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