To Lived With Faith

These were young men

These were young men. One said, I think the King James Version is the best. The other one said, I think the American Standard is the best. One chimed in, Well, its the Jerusalem Bible thats the best. Finally, they realized their old colleague, Dr. Jones, hadnt said a word. They all turned to him and said, Dr. Jones, what do you think is the best translation? The room was silent. In a very low voice he said, The Scriptures that my mom used, because my mom translated them into life. Mothers, thats our calling. Thats our agenda. Thats our purpose. Thats our goalto translate the Word of God into life. Every exchange, mark them. Every exchange, model for them.

I talked to a gentleman a couple of weeks ago who is a difference maker. He told me his mom had died when he was very young. He looked at me, though, across the table and said, Ed, she modeled it and she marked it and thats why I am a man of faith today. Its got to be passed on from generation to generation.The third absoluteJochebed had a maturing faith. She had a maturing faith. How do we know her faith matured? Look at the life of Moses. In fact, I want to read to you Deuteronomy 6:5-7 and these were words that Moses penned later in life.

He penned these words after Jochebed had modeled, marked and matured in her faith and helped Moses do the same. Deuteronomy 6:5, And you shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, with all of your soul and with all of your might and these words which I am commanding you today shall be on your hearts and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and you shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up a lifestyle. A lifestyle of faith.

Ed Young grew up in a Christian home. My father is a pastor. My mom, of course, is the pastors wife. People always ask me, Did your parents force you to be in the ministry? I bet you didnt have a choice, did you? Just the opposite. My parents never forced me to read the Bible. They never forced me to pray. They always brought me to church. There were a couple times I really didnt want to go and they said in a very nice way, Were going to church. But they never took this Bible and said, Here you go, kind of like Marlon Perkins force-feeding an anaconda. They never did that. My mom, though, and the reason she is such a great woman of God, she lived a life of faith.

by: Ed Young

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