In the coming year, an estimated 134 million babies will be born around the world. That’s a lot of diapers! Or you might say, a lot of people will create more people this next year.

Long ago, a psalmist wrote of coming days, in hopes that those to follow will embrace the faith: Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord.

These words were penned about 3,000 years ago. People have praised the Lord ever since, generation after generation, spreading around the world in growing numbers.

The psalmist reminded us of a few reasons why faith in God is so valuable: But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations…The nations will fear the name of the Lord, and the kings of the earth will revere your glory…He will respond to the prayers of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.

When we hold to these truths ourselves, and pass along all the teachings of Scripture to our children, we hands the joys of the Lord to the next generation. We do our part in a long, unbroken chain of faith.

May we persevere so that the next generation, and the ones to follow, enjoy the Lord and live to praise Him.

Psalm 102 in reading the Bible in 2023

Photo by Kelly Sikkema