the Third Week after Easter
Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
Judges 2:6-23
Many years have passed and we see arising in Israel "another generation . . . which knew not the LORD nor yet the works which he had done". That generation had not experienced the faithfulness of God in the desert nor His power in Canaan.
This is an important example for us to consider, we who form part of a new generation of the people of God. We may be children of Christian parents who have heard of the marvellous things which God did for previous generations but who perhaps do not know the Lord by personal experience.
Alas, since the bright awakening of the last century, it is sad to see the decline that has followed. The "elders" of whom we have heard, have departed one after the other. And if the Lord leaves us here for a few more years, the youngest ones of us will, in their turn, have responsibilities to shoulder.
"Remember them which have the rule over you", advises Hebrews 13:7. They have left us their written ministry and their example. Let us follow above all their faith. And then, even if these have gone, we still have the Lord. His presence is quite sufficient for a day of weakness like today.
