Thursday, September 26, 2013

What We Leave Behind

I have been thinking much lately about the kind of legacy we will leave behind.  We will all leave one no matter how we lived.  I have been struck at looking at the line of Adam through Seth and how in this line, there were men who lived God-centered and God passioned lives.  In this line of Godly men were these:
Seth - Who when Enosh was born, there was an awakening at that time, most likely led by Seth where people began to call upon the name of the Lord
Enoch - Walked with God in such a way that he was simply taken from this earth and did not taste death.
Lamech - Noah's father who understood that God has cursed the ground and that in his new born son, God was going to bring about something new.
Noah - found favor in God's eyes, took God at His word, walked with God, was righteous and blameless, was the only one alive to God in his generation.

What a line.  We have a responsibility to leave a legacy of Christ-followers.  Are you on the journey?

This is from my favorite 20th century Christ-follower:

 THE ULTIMATE TEST OF A MORAL SOCIETY IS THE KIND OF WORLD THAT IT LEAVES TO ITS CHILDREN.”
- DIETRICH BONHOEFFER

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