WRITE IT DOWN
28th Dec 2016
In this age of social media and emails we are in danger of losing great chunks of history, so that the coming generation may find itself looking back at a blank sheet of paper! Writing things down in a way that is clear, safe and permanent is of vital importance.
This struck me as I began reading the account of the Christmas story in Luke’s gospel. What would we have lost if Luke had not decided that his friend Theophilus needed “an orderly account so that he might know the certainty of the things” that had happened in the life of Jesus on earth?
In Habakkuk 2:2 the Lord replies to the questioning coming from the prophet, “Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he who reads it may run.” It is the same for us, if we do not have a clear vision of where our lives should be going we will flounder around without goal or purpose.
Both Joyce and I have made it a practice to write down the things that God is saying into our lives, so that we can look back and see the way He is leading. We also need to receive correction and to be encouraged. If it is not written down we forget what God is saying, and then we can be blown around by everything that life throws at us.
One of my sisters is writing a history of our parents, and we will all be contributing our memories, as will the grandchildren. She believes this to be an important assignment from the Lord, so that their life adventure, their walk of faith and the legacy they left to their descendants is not lost.
I believe this to be an important word, as we stand on the brink of a New Year. What are you writing down that records God’s faithfulness to you in the past, and that will be words of inspiration and encouragement for the next generation?
by Charles Sibthorpe
