Image by Eradio Valverde of Caleb, Eliana, and Liam; grandkids!
Touch, Touching, Touched
From the Psalmist these words from Psalm 78: 1-4, 12-16: Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their children; we will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. In the sight of their ancestors he worked marvels in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all night long with a fiery light. He split rocks open in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. He made streams come out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
Facebook has done more to keep people in touch. Some of it has been great; seeing old friends and meeting relatives we did not know we had or with whom we had lost touch. Some of it not so good; spouses making contact with old lovers or ex's that have led to breakups of marriages and destruction of families. We'll focus on the good for this morning. You have probably reconnected with someone you had been thinking about and had not seen, and been blessed to have received a message from them. You've seen pictures of new family members. We've even seen how some cannot live without Facebook. (I won't ask for a show of hands...) But imagine how in touch with God we could stay if we rushed to the Word of God as some of us to to see updates or messages on Facebook? This is what the Psalmist is sharing in this psalm. As he has stayed in touch with God, he wants to share the same urgency and need that he has discovered in his times of prayer, fasting, and worship. God, he reminds all, has done great things, spoken great things and these must be shared with everybody, starting with our children or little ones around us. I won't forget the time my two grandsons were playing in our living room where we have a large family Bible with pictures; they stopped their playing because there was a picture that had lions all around this man. "What's going on in this picture, grandpa?" they asked. And I had a marvelous opportunity to tell them the story of Daniel in the lion's den. It is a great story and it helped bring two young minds to the thinking and teaching of God's power to help us in our time of need.
What are the great things God has done in your life that you have not yet shared? Whom have you told? When has God provided life-saving, life-affirming help to you that you should be telling others about? They may be facing what you did and your taking time to share with them might be exactly what they need to hear.
Okay, at least post it on Facebook.
PRAYER: Loving God of love and touch; touch me anew and bring me to fullness of life. Help me to share all things that You have done so that the touch given me may help me touch others and let them touch someone and they someone new. In Christ Jesus I pray, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
Eradio Valverde
