Every Generation

When you read the last part of Genesis, you read a wonderful story about the rags to riches, pit to pinnacle journey of Joseph.  Sold into slavery by his brothers, his faithfulness, leadership, and blessing of the Lord led him to lead the powers of the world at that time, Egypt, through a famine.  His leadership saved not only a strong country but his very own blood.  He brought his large family into Egypt to live  in Pharoah's lap of luxury and they prospered....and multiplied.  When Joseph died and the Pharoah too, you had a bunch of Hebrews in a foreign land. The new Egyptian king was nervous by their presence and problems came: Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. ⁹ And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. ¹⁰ Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”- Exodus 1:8-10 (www.lifejournal.cc)  Of course, Moses will soon be on the scene and we will have another Godly hero to learn from. 
Isn't it amazing though that from one generation to the next, the people and the lessons of the last generation are lost?  That is scary.  However, the truth of it should not shock us:  we are experiencing such a thing in America today.  We are one generation away from an anti-Christian atmosphere in America.  Some would say we are there, however, it can get much worse.  I promise. 
So what is my point, just gloom and doom on this Saturday?  No.  Just to point to a need that we must  live in response to and pray in response to:  every generation needs Godly leaders.  We cannot skip a generation.  Therefore anyone who reads this is either a part of that generation or has a responsibility to encourage, train, pray for, love on, guide, and spiritually nourish that loved one or friend of the next generation to keep the great ship of Zion sailing in America for  another generation.  That will not come through Washington.  It will come through Christ in and through lives.
So today, let's live like the world depends on our faithfulness and let's love the next generation as if it depended upon them.  Don't slack off!  Seek Christ today!