Make Good Use Of History

If you should ask the question
	Of a person just like me
"Why should anyone study
	The facts of History?"

I would say it might encourage
	You as you face each tomorrow
If we take the time to remember
	How we made it through each sorrow.

The problem with learning History
	Is, when we make each new decision,
We may remember how it was back then
	And put limits on our vision.

To see what God has done before,
	The miracles in the past,
And not expect that He will do the same today
	Is a very hard thing to ask.

So let us learn to trust in God
	To do what He knows  best
See the varied ways God Works
	And leave to Him the rest.

You see, History can only tell us
	What God has done for man.
It only tells us what God DID
	And never what He CAN.

So trust Him for each tomorrow
	To keep you on your way
For it always is the darkest
	Just before the break of day.

This answers the question "Why did Jesus ask the question of the young man's father." MK 9:21
And the problem that Gideon had when he wanted God to work in his behalf.
Pastor Van 5-17-97