You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD (Lev 19:32).
Thus says the
LORD: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good
way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your
souls. But they said, ‘We will not
walk in it.’ (Je 6:16)
God calls us to
honor our elders. Not just officers in
the church, but those older than us.
They have seen more, and tend to have more wisdom. This is convicting. 30 year olds tend to look down on boomers, as
messing life up for them. Those living
in our country now, tend to deride our founders for basing our nation on
slavery and other faults. Teenagers tend
to see only the faults in their parents, and not honor them for all they have
done well. Let us be a people that
respects what Chesterton called, the democracy of the dead – the traditions of
our forebears. We are not hide-bound to
that, they certainly made mistakes. But God’s
people have been thinking about how to live the most godly life possible for
1000s of years, and their thoughts and attempts should be a significant factor
as we discern how to apply God’s word to our lives.
10/2/22
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