Isn't She Too Young for That?

Joshua 7:16-9:2; Psalm 82; Proverbs 13:2-3

 

Who do we expect to know what God says? Scholars? Pastors? Youth pastors? Husbands? Wives? Surely not teenagers! Definitely not children! Right?

 

Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law--the blessings and the curses--just as it is written in the Book of the Law. There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the aliens who lived among them. – Joshua 8:34-35

 

God’s Word – God’s commands – are for everyone in God’s community. No one is too foreign to hear them. No one is too young to hear them. No one is too female to hear them. No one is too uneducated to hear them. God’s Word is for everyone. We all need to hear the whole truth—God’s blessings and curses—so that we can follow God and help each other to walk with Jesus.

 

Father, may Your people know You through Your words. May we listen to You, and may we teach our children to listen to You. May we believe what You say and walk in obedient trust. We want life through Jesus! So help us to listen to Your words.