“We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.”
The Finish
This psalm names a specific, deliberate commitment here, we will not hide them from their children, worth noticing directly, active refusal to let genuine testimony of God’s faithfulness die quietly, unspoken, but deliberately, actively shewing it to the generation to come, worth holding as this final movement’s own practical aim.
This is worth examining against however much your own testimony of God’s faithfulness across your own long life has remained largely private, unspoken, rather than this psalm’s own deliberate commitment, actively shewn, not hidden, worth applying practically to whatever younger generation is genuinely within your own reach.
Notice his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done, specific content named for this shewing, not vague, general encouragement, but actual, specific testimony, worth considering what specific wonderful works you have personally witnessed across your own accumulated years, worth actually, deliberately telling.
Consider today one specific wonderful work God has actually done in your own long life, and consider actively, deliberately shewing it to someone in the generation to come, following this psalm’s own commitment, we will not hide them, refusing to let this genuine testimony die quietly, unspoken, unshared.
Finish Well
- Identify one specific wonderful work God has actually done across your own long life.
- Tell it today, deliberately, to someone in the generation to come, not keeping it privately unspoken.
- Consider what has kept your own testimony hidden, and take one step toward actively shewing it instead.
Prayer
Lord, let me not hide your wonderful works from the generation to come. Let me actively shew your strength and your praises, the specific things you have actually done in my life. Amen.
Carry this today
Deliberately shewing God’s faithfulness to the next generation refuses to let testimony die unspoken.