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How God has shown himself strong on behalf of his people and the psalmist is recounting how he's heard from his fathers about what God has done and who God is yet in the psalm the psalmist is struggling because the psalmist is wondering where where are you God when are you going to show yourself strong on our behalf but it's that picture that I think is so powerful in the psalm

times when we have questions about what God is doing where God is why this is happening we all have questions like that in our lives right we all get to points where we wonder God what are you doing in this when will you show your justice when will you show your mercy when will you show your power I've heard these things about you I'm praying that I wouldn't might see these things in you from you in this circumstance

in my life or this circumstance in the world but that's kind of the point isn't it in the days where we struggle in our faith it is good to be able to look back and remember who God is and what God has done how God has shown himself faithful over and over and over again to his people

it's one of the things that's so good just about reading God's word is we're reminded who God is and what God has done in ways that strengthen our faith in hard times and the reason I read Psalm 441 when I want to lead us to pray according to is this picture of how the psalmist is able to remember who God is and remember what God has done because he has

he has fathers in the faith maybe physical fathers others who have told him who God is and what God has done and this is one of our greatest responsibilities to make sure that you and I pass on to those who come behind us who God is and what God has done we must be faithful to do this with

our children and our children's children and I don't just mean physical children although that certainly involves physical children but spiritual children we must pass the gospel on to the next generation we must be faithful to tell those who come behind us who God is and what deeds he has performed in our days and in the days of old

so I just want to encourage you in a fresh way today to think about who is coming behind you in the faith and how can you faithfully pass on the good news of who God is and what God has done in the past to them God we pray you to help us to be faithful in this way we pray you to help us to be faithful to pass the gospel on to the next generation

and to tell the stories of how you have been faithful for centuries before and specifically how you have been faithful in each of our lives God we pray that even today you might give us an opportunity and help us to take it to tell someone else about who you are and how you have been faithful in our lives in ways that would strengthen their faith

God even as we see so many statistics about decreasing church attendance and succeeding generations decreasing faith and devotion to you I think about that particularly in the country where I live in the United States God we pray help us as your church as your people to faithfully pass the gospel on to the next generation

so that when their faith is attacked or when they face questions they might be able to say Psalm 44 verse 1 oh God we have heard with our ears our fathers have told us our mothers have told us those who have gone before us have told us what deeds you performed in their days in the days of old and ways that would strengthen their faith in their day

God please help us today this week in our lives in our families and in our churches to faithfully pass on the news of who you are and what you have done to those who come behind us in Jesus name we pray amen