We can't live forever however if you want to outlive yourself, it is tied to who is coming up behind you. It is the generation that is watching you do your thing, whatever your thing is. Leaving behind a building or a foundation named after you, books that you have written or even money is lovely, but a legacy of faith is more important to leave behind.
I finished reading through Deuteronomy a few months ago and now I am in 1 Samuel and it fascinates me with specific instruction, the key moments when the Israelites are told to pass down information to the next generation.
Deuteronomy 4:9-10 says, "Just make sure you stay alert. Keep close watch over yourselves. Don’t forget anything of what you’ve seen. Don’t let your heart wander off. Stay vigilant as long as you live. Teach what you’ve seen and heard to your children and grandchildren. That day when you stood before God, your God, at Horeb, God said to me, “Assemble the people in my presence to listen to my words so that they will learn to fear me in holy fear for as long as they live on the land, and then they will teach these same words to their children.”
Joel 1:3 says, "Make sure you tell your children, and your children tell their children, And their children and their children. Don’t let this message die out."
We pass down so many things: heirlooms, photos, stories, cancer, addictions and diseases as well. My prayer for you is that you would focus on being families of faith, being rooted in passing down the stories of what God has done, of his faithfulness in the past that gives hope and points our children for what God will do in the future, in their tomorrows.
Sara Groves: Generations (Conversations CD)
I can taste the fruit of Eve. I'm aware of sickness, death and disease. The results of our choices are vast. Eve was the first but she wasn't the last and if I were honest with myself, had I been standing at that tree. my mouth and my hands would be covered with fruit..things I shouldn't know and things I shouldn't see.
Remind me of this with every decision, generations will reap what I sow. I can pass on a curse or a blessing to those I will never know.
She taught me to fear the serpent, I'm learning the fear myself and all of the things I am capable of in my search for wisdom, acceptance and wealth, and to say that the devil made me do it, is a cop-out and a lie. The devil can't make me do anything 1hen I'm calling on Jesus Christ.
To my great, great, great-granddaughter, live in peace. To my great, great, great-grandson, live in peace. Live in peace, oh, live in peace! Oh, remind me generations will reap what I sow. I can pass on a curse or a blessing to those I will never know. Oh, I may never know.
Welcome to Hopefully Kimberly, a unique faith blog for you to explore. Once upon a time, a friend called me a Merchant of Hope and asked me to add to his book. Hope has carried me through the journey we call life and I love having the opportunity to share hope with you from the Word of God and through little tidbits of my life. Read on and enjoy.
