Considering the brevity of life, our love of the next generation, and the obvious importance of making a difference, what we leave behind and that for which we will be remembered demands our attention, and calls us to deternmine how to leave behind what we desire the next generation to have.
Do you want to be remembered for your career? Your achievements? Your possessions? If you're like me you may think of those as being a bit shallow, at least as far as legacies go. Maybe you'd like to be remembered for your commitment to friends, family, and faith. Yet perhaps you'd be even more specific with your desired legacy, such as serving in ministry, winning the lost, or building a church.
Regardless of what you desire your legacy to be, the question remains: How do you make it happen? How do you pass on that which is worthy? How do you leave one legacy as opposed to leaving another? This question is of the utmost importance, especially considering that you only get one shot. Once a legacy is left, I'm afraid there's no re-do's.
The question I challenge you to ask yourself is this: What are you passionate about? That's what people will remember. You may want to be remembered as a servant of others, but that won't happen if you are passionate about serving yourself. You won't pass on cooperation if you're passionate about doing things your own way. If you want to leave a legacy of importance, don't be passionate about things that are unimportant. Might I suggest leaving a gospel legacy, therefore being passionate about that which Jesus was most passionate, about the one thing that draws a line through eternity.
1Co 15:4 "For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures."
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