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To the Next Generation
What does it look like when God refuses to be limited by our expectations? Six years ago, a consultant looked at a small congregation with no children and suggested it might be best suited for empty nesters. Today, that same congregation has over 100 people gathering on Sunday mornings, 71 students enrolled in youth ministries, and a baptism bash that drew nearly 60 children. This is not a story about clever strategy or perfect planning. It is a story about what happens when God builds something. Psalm 78 calls us to remember that God commanded his people to pass his teaching to the next generation, so that children yet to be born would grow up knowing him, trusting him, and telling their own children what he has done. That ancient command is not a relic of Israel's history. It is the living heartbeat of what we are being called into right now. As we wrestle with what it means to invest in the generation coming up behind us, we are invited to ask ourselves a serious question: what are we willing to sacrifice so that the faith does not stop with us?
