Fight Song
Theme of the Week: Pass It On
Tommy Tenney
Friday, November 14, 2003
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Key Bible Verse: "Do not let these things escape from your mind … and be sure to pass them on to your children" (Deuteronomy 4:9). Bonus Reading:Psalm 78:5-8
In sunshine and in rain, drunk or sober, the rugby players of Wales pause before every game to sing a hymn! The hymn, written by William Williams, is "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah." If a team does well, its players often repeat their rendition during or after a match, standing to sing "Bread of Heaven, feed me now and ever more." Why would mostly tipsy competitors in a public athletic match sing such a powerful hymn with passion so intense that tears flow freely among singers and spectators alike?
Sadly it's the last remnant of the Welsh revival that began in 1904. At the time, the people of Wales worked at their trades and labored in the coal mines as usual—but spontaneous outbreaks of worship became the norm. They couldn't even complete a rugby match without breaking out in worship to God.
The music lives on, but the passion for God that inspired it didn't cross the generation line. This outward marker of the God ward passion of a previous generation has become an empty tradition. What might have happened had the previous generation successfully passed spiritual vigor and passionate love for God to their children?
—Tommy Tenney in On Daddy's Shoulders
My Response: To transmit my faith to the next generation, I plan to …
Thought to Apply: There are too many grandchildren of Christ in the world, those whose parents were Christians but they aren't.
—Bob Pierce (Christian relief agency founder)
Adapted from On Daddy's Shoulders (Regal, 2003) by permission.
Copyright © 2003 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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