In
our lives there are all kinds of markers that we come across and all kinds of
markers that we leave. We even leave
marks on the people we know and deal with.
Some of those are positive and some negative.
Historical
markers remind us of what happened in the places where the markers are
put. God tells his leaders in the Bible
to establish markers or build them, and they were to be a memorial for
others. We teach others about God by
sharing where we have been and what God has done.
Joshua called out the
twelve men whom he selected from the People of Israel, one man from each tribe.
Joshua directed them, "Cross to the middle of the Jordan and take your place
in front of the Chest of god, your God. Each of you heft a stone to your shoulder, a stone for each of the tribes of the
People of Israel, so you'll have something later to mark the occasion. When
your children ask you, 'What are these stones to you?' you'll say, 'The flow of the Jordan was stopped in
front of the Chest of the Covenant of god as it crossed the Jordan—stopped in
its tracks. These stones are a permanent memorial for the People of
Israel.'"
God’s
people experienced things often that only God could do. In the Old Testament there is story after
story of all God did to protect and guide His people. In the New Testament there were people around
Jesus and around the apostles that experienced happenings that few could
explain.
Those
experiences could not be refuted because they were personal experience and
testimonies. We can and must use the
stories in our lives and things God does to teach others, especially our
children, about God’s character and His work.
God
isn’t done. He is still putting up
historical markers. The best God gives
is not only for the past. His best is
coming to our futures, yet our past and what God has done will remind us and
guide us to the places we will see and learn more.
Tell
the people around you about the spiritual markers in your life. God will work even more. Lets point others totally to God.
And this memorial pillar I
have set up will become a place for worshiping God, and I will present to God
a tenth of everything he gives me.”
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