Psalm 145:4 "One generation shall praise Your works to another and shall declare Your mighty acts"

I realized that the Hebrew consistently translates the word "generation" as a "period of time" or "those living within that period". In other words the word "generation" refers to all those:

1. who are alive in this day and age because only the living can praise God's work and

2. who are of different ages, who knows the Lord and who are worshipers of the living God.

Therefore one generation means the children, the youth and the adults living in this age!

Indeed one generation will praise (laud, boast) God's work to another generation. 

The other day while cleaning up my library I realized that I had in my possession so many books on the works of the Lord passed on from the generations before me.

From the time of the Welsh revival to the time of George Mueller to the time of the Asuza street revival to the times when great men of God get on their knees and pray until nations turn to Christ. These are the reports of God's works presented to us in written form and passed on from generation to generation. Now God's works even come to us on the internet and google!

All the works of God (His mighty deeds, achievements of deliverance and judgment) are printed and preserved for future generations like mine! Awesome!

How do we "make known His works to another"? 

We "make known, announce, declare, report, tell, proclaim, publish". In recording this blog I am doing my part to "make known God's work" in my life and in my family.

What about God's mighty acts? It refers to acts of might, bravery and valor. 

To the children of Israel it would the time when they cross the Red Sea or the time when the walls of Jericho fell flat. To me God's mighty act may be the time my father accepted Christ as His Lord and savior.

My father accepted Christ in church during a healing rally but dared not go to church for fear of my mother (who was a very strong Buddhist at that time although she has mellowed over the years). My dad was healed of arthritis and also experienced God's divine healing of a heart attack. I remember when he was crying out in pain and clutching his heart in my car and I immediately prayed in the Spirit. The attack left him immediately.

However that which he escaped from became the cause of His death later on. My father died of another heart attack in my house but he died calling on the name of Jesus three times "Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!"

My brother saw an angel dressed in white standing beside my father who was also dressed in white. The angel put out his hand as though saying to us "All is well".

At first I doubted his salvation as he was not baptized. God spoke to me about the thief on the cross who could not make it in time for the baptism pool. 

To me this is indeed a "mighty work of God" worth passing on to my children and grandchildren!