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OUR DAILY BREAD                          Wed., September 21, 1994
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READ: Psalm 78:1-8


                       "WHEN YOUR WORK IS DONE"

              "We will (tell) to the generation to come 
                        the praises of the Lord.

                               Psalm 78:4

The heritage of Christian workers never ends, though their work 
sometimes must.

I thought of this recently after hearing of an elderly woman who 
no longer feels useful. Despite her years of service as a Sunday 
school teacher (for which she is remembered fondly), as well as 
the spiritual influence she has already had on her children and 
grandchildren, she feels as if she isn't helpful anymore. But it's 
not true.

The bible reminds us that God's people are to pass along to the 
next generation the stories of God and His people. In Joel 1, for 
example, the inhabitants of Judah were told to convey a story 
about locusts to their children. Because that story had prophetic 
implications, it was an important part of the heritage of the 
people and thus it had to be passed on. In our reading for today, 
Psalm 78, the message is similar. The older Israelites were to 
tell the young people the story of God's work in Israel's past. 

Today we have a message of salvation through Jesus and an 
opportunity to demonstrate a life of devotion to God. If you have 
passed the gospel to the next generation, your impact lingers. 
Even when your work is done, it keeps going. your influence will 
never die.

--J. David Branon

I love to tell the story,
It did so much for me;
And that is just the reason
I tell it now to thee.

- Hankey

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Telling what Christ has done for us leaves signposts for those who 
follow.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ezekiel 34-36
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