“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh...But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever...unto all generations.”
(Eccl. 1:4; Psa. 102:12)
Generations come and go but our eternal God remains. When a past generation is no longer more than a chapter in a history book, if even that, God still abides. Like the song:
Change and decay in all around I see—
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
I’ve come up with a term I rather like, in respect to our subject. It describes our Sovereign: He is a “Generational God.”
We must choose: He is either each generation's God, if not, then that particular generation will configure a god from their own depraved imagination, a god of their own making like Aaron produced. He is either the God of our fathers or a god of our own making!
The reason the pagan/heathen have a multiplicity of gods is because they have so many sins; they need a god who will approve their wicked lifestyle. Sad to say many a Christian today has followed their ungodly example.
My friend, God is as relevant to our present generation as He was in any past generation. He is always a step ahead of every generation. For example: two millenniums before television was thought of, He told us of the two end-time martyred witnesses in Revelation, “And their dead bodies shall lie in the street...And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half…”
My godly grandson, Joseph Habedank, wrote a popular gospel song entitled, “God’s Already There.” As each new generation arrives on the scene they find God has been waiting for them to show up; in this case He doesn’t follow after but goes before!
An Old Disciple
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