day no. 16,702: faithfulness begets faithfulness

Isaiah 38:19-20

The living, the living, he thanks you,

as I do this day;

the father makes known to the children

your faithfulness.

The LORD will save me,

and we will play my music on stringed instruments

all the days of our lives,

at the house of the LORD

Fathers have the privilege of passing along the good news to their posterity. The living are given the ability to share life with those who live under their roof. The children should hear often of the Father's faithfulness to their father. The Lord saves sinner and the children of sinners should hear this good news as soon as they can pay attention. The love of God in Christ should be a constant topic of discussion and occasion for celebration. 

We cultivate what we celebrate.

Father have the privilege of preaching to their great grandchildren when they teach their children to teach their children to teach their children. When fathers convey the faithfulness of the Father to their children and teach their children to do the same, generations of faithfulness are produced.

In other words, faithfulness begets faithfulness.

May our homes be filled with the sounds of singing and laughing before the Lord that the soil in which our saplings grow may be rich with nourishment for them as they shoot up in stature and shoot straight in spiritual warfare.

Psalm 144:12

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace.

Psalm 127:3-5

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Psalm 128:1-3

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.