Drawing Out The Word

21. God's Memorial Speakers

Scripture:

I Samuel 7:8-17; Joshua 4; Deut. 32:7

Hymn:

"Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing"

Meditation: God has often had His people to leave monuments and memorials on this earth. And, he has always recruited memorial speakers to pass along the message of those monuments. Will you be a memorial speaker for God?  By Telling of God's Sustaining Grace. (I Sam. 7:8-17) Samuel set up the "Ebenezer" stone along his regular circuit as a judge in Israel. The name on the stone simply meant, "Up until now, the Lord has helped us." So, we need things in our lives, in our routine and in our houses God instructed the older people to tell the youth of God's deliverance and help in their lives. They were simply to keep the past work of God alive in the hearts of the youth.  By Remembering and Sharing the "Days of Old" (Deut. 32:7) "Back in the olden days…" is not a saying that originated with our grandparents--God used it. The elders, fathers, mothers, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, retirees… all have a very important role in sharing past mistakes, past victories and ways of life that may help the young. God has an army of memorial speakers, and you are one of them. that, when we see them, remind us of our Lord.  By Telling of God's Work in the Past. (Joshua 4)

Here I raise mine Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I’m come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home!