What a blessing to partake of the promises of God. Isaiah 51: 8 says: “My righteousness shall be forever: and my salvation from generation to generation.” We notice here again the twins of righteousness and salvation.
But I love the promise that God’s salvation continues from one generation to the next. Claim this for your children, your grandchildren, and the generations to come. Pray not only for your children, but for the generations to come.
Colin’s great grandmother lived in their home when he was a little toddler. He doesn’t remember her, but his mother shares how she was a great intercessor and lived a life of prayer in her older years. She not only prayed for the people around her, but specifically prayed for the coming generations. The family live in the blessing of these prayers and we are now beginning a seventh generation from this godly woman who prayed for her descendants.
This has also inspired Colin and me to pray for the coming generations and we do this when we pray for our children and grandchildren each day.
We have such a merciful God. He says that He visits the iniquity of the children up to the third and fourth generation, but then stops! That is His mercy. But He keeps covenant with those who keep His commandments for a thousand generations! Hallelujah! Read these Scriptures: Exodus 20:5, 6; 34:6, 7; Deuteronomy 7:9, 10; 1 Chronicles 16:1`5; and Psalm 105:8.
What a responsibility we have as parents to keep God’s commandments and walk in His ways. We pave the way for God’s blessings to a thousand generations.
Proverbs 20:7: “The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.”
Psalm 25:12, 13: “What man is he that feareth the LORD? . . . his seed shall inherit the earth.”
Psalm 112:1, 2: “Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.”
May you and your family be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell