Each generation seems to live to shock the previous.
Once we get to the older generation we are appalled at the
irreverence and immorality of youth. Each generation seems
to struggle to make changes to culture and value and somehow
perceives their effort as innovation. Often this change
attacks the foundations of our belief system, yet the Word of
the Lord has shined through for centuries and for millenia
while cultural innovation has vanished.
When I look at the powerful force of youth, often untamed
and undisciplined, and see the weakening influence of the
elder generation, I mourn the loss of culture. Human nature
is such that it seems to want to rewrite history largely for
political purposes. I wonder how the Word of God will
languish in this whirlpool of the generations amidst science
and politics created by each and then I'm amazed at how the
Lord's Word is rediscovered with each generation. It seems
the more this Word is put down the stronger it becomes.
At times, the Word almost appears to vanish. Then a
powerful rush of humanity brings it back forth, sometimes as
a revival, sometimes as kindness or sometimes as works.
Military and political forces prevail. They rise and
fall. Humanity is far too complex to define and religious
factions rise up to both condemn and reaffirm, representing
both sides of right and wrong good and evil. Religion is
sometime so subdued by political cultural forces that it's
face is only allowed to be shown when it condemns in support
of those forces. That which we thought was our religion is
not - thereby the most implorable way to bury this belief
system. Then amazingly a new generation rediscovers this
valuable message of eternity and rebuilds the good that we
thought was once lost.
Think of how the goals, aspirations, desires and work of
each generation was so easily forgotten and then lost. Then
consider how the Judeo Christian message has transcended the
generations.
I am in awe at how the Lord has transcended generations
with his message. The Lord's message is truly eternal.
