Day 3 –
Read Judges 2:6-10
Have you ever taught a person or a group of people a lesson
or a skill and then later (weeks, months, years) see them act/behave/live as if
they had never even heard the topic let alone be specifically taught that
lesson or skill? If you are a teacher,
coach and/or parent, you are probably responding with a resounding yes. This is a frustrating situation that
unfortunately is all too common. So who
is to blame? Did the teacher do a bad
job teaching or did the student do a bad job learning? In today’s reading we read that Joshua and
his generation served the Lord and knew of His great work, yet, the following
generation neither knew the Lord or what He had done. How does that happen? Did Joshua and his generation do a great job
of following but a bad job of leading?
Or, did the next generation do a bad job of paying attention and
learning? The answer is
likely….both! What a great reminder for
us today though. We are not merely
called to be disciples of Jesus, but instead, disciple making disciples. Part of following Jesus is to reach other
people for Jesus and teaching them to obey Him.
Who are you pouring into? Ask God
to show you who you can be praying for, telling about Jesus and helping them to
follow Jesus. But we also don’t have all
of the answers and we all need help ourselves.
Who can you learn from? Ask God
to show you who you can walk with to learn what it means to follow Jesus. We can’t make someone decide to follow Jesus
and then live out that decision. However,
if we strive to be poured into and to pour into others, we won’t repeat the
tragedy of a generation growing up without knowing the Lord or of His great
works.
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