HAVE YOU EVER...sung "This Little Light of Mine"?

You know the phrase.  That’s an oldie but a goodie.  I hear it from my fellow teachers when I sing “old” Bible songs with my preschoolers like “This Little Light of Mine”.  Kids don’t know these songs anymore.  In the same way, my favorite book is the hymnal.  I see the value in those “old” songs with words that sometimes don’t make much sense.  I know that many of the composers used God’s word to motivate them or even use them as the lyrics of these songs. 

Did you know that even King Herod of Matthew 2 believed in the Bible?  He trusted that the “old” scrolls were true.  His chief priests and teachers of the law had a job for a reason.  When the magi showed up looking all fancy and threatening, he went straight to the Old Testament.

One of the ways I teach my kids the difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament is that the stories of Jesus are in the New Testament.  The Old Testament is still very relevant.  The Old Testament told us Jesus was coming.  He would be the Prince of Peace.  He would be born in Bethlehem. 

I think we need to slow down and stop flying through all aspects of our life.  Everything is changing and updating.  This doesn’t mean that the “old” stuff is not worthwhile.  I know you can see the importance of the Old Testament.  What else have you placed aside because it is “old”?

HAVE YOU EVER…studied the Old Testament?

Isaiah 9:6, Micah 5:2