Sometimes dime store novels talk about everlasting love, but this kind of love is only found in God’s faithful loving kindness. Thankfully, we can access that storehouse of eternal and divine love through the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus places in our hearts to help us both receive that kind of everlasting love and share it with others (John 7:37-39; Romans 5:5). Importantly, our verse emphasizes how God’s love is multi-generational – the generations before us have passed it on to us, and we must pass it on to the generations that come after us. This multi-generational principle is not simply a practice of celebrating God’s love and our love for others found under the Old Covenant; It is also one that the Apostle Paul taught Timothy to pass on to Jesus’ disciples (2 Timothy 2:1-2). Ours is a multi-generational celebration of God’s goodness – “The Lord’s love endures forever for those who fear Him, and His righteousness for their children.” We must celebrate the goodness and love of our God so that our grandchildren can know God and celebrate His goodness in their day and share it with their children and children’s children!
We have included Phil to collect Video from four years ago as an added blessing in our poem today:
Oh God of glory and grace, thank you for your promises, your covenants and your love. May I live in such a way that others, especially those who come after me in my family and the church family, know that Your love is from eternity to eternity. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
