THE GREATEST GENERATION

Today's reading: Judges 1-6

"After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel." Judges 2:10 NLT

Tom Brokaw has written a book about those born, raised and involved in the World War II era. He has lovingly and fittingly named it, The Greatest Generation.

The very title leads us to expect great things of these folks we read about in the pages of his book.

But it also leads us to either fall short of their examples--or excel to standards that far surpass the marks they made in history.

The same is true of our Christian walks.

Are you of the 'greatest generation'?

Are you carrying on what's been handed to you in the form of a godly upbringing?

Are you a trailblazer, a first generation believer in the Most High God?

Are you reclaiming what your parents disregarded in terms of God and the facets of Christian life?

Or are you choosing laziness in regards to rearing your children in the fear and the admonition of the Lord, and becoming the 'lesser generation'?

Are you dismissing the laws of God for the laws of comfort, self-centeredness and the world?

Are you failing to recall all you have been introduced to through the pages of the Bible--and the testimonies of those who lived before you.

Which generation will you be? Greatest or Lesser? 

Will the Lord be important to you--and quite possibly to those after you because of that choice?

It's a lot to think about but it's important. It's going to determine how we're remembered and what state we leave for our following generation.