Are you leaving a legacy?
Recently my church had a youth and young adult conference. The Saturday evening service was followed by an altar call for those willing to give their lives wholeheartedly for Jesus.
I watched as dozens of young people flooded the altar in response. Some received prayer from others; many simply fell on their faces and began crying out to God.
This was more than an emotional response to a good sermon. Many of these “kids” stayed at the altar for close to an hour. The band was gone, the lights were low, but there they were – teenagers and 20-somethings huddled in groups, crying out to God to change them and use them for His glory.
But I’m not a young adult - so how is this move of God in young people relevant in my life?
Here it is – I can be as on-fire for God as I want. I can pray hard and love hard and see lives changed everywhere I go. I can give to missions in Africa and then be a missionary in my own city. I can pour my life into prayer and Bible study until the day I die.
But then what?
If I make my life solely about my relationship with God and the people I’m reaching outside the church for Christ, I’ve missed something. Because after I’m gone, who is going to maintain the ground I’ve seen won for the Kingdom of God?
Who is going to help those young people maintain this zeal? Who will encourage them to keep going when life tries to knock that fire out of them? Who will let their own ceiling be the launching pad for others to go further and do more than we ever could?
No matter where you are, you can leave a legacy that reaches far beyond your own family. I encourage you to stop today and ask God who He has deliberately put in your life for this very reason. Let your vision for your life widen to see who you can come alongside and encourage in this race. Then watch as God multiplies your efforts to produce more than you ever dreamed.
I watched as dozens of young people flooded the altar in response. Some received prayer from others; many simply fell on their faces and began crying out to God.
This was more than an emotional response to a good sermon. Many of these “kids” stayed at the altar for close to an hour. The band was gone, the lights were low, but there they were – teenagers and 20-somethings huddled in groups, crying out to God to change them and use them for His glory.
But I’m not a young adult - so how is this move of God in young people relevant in my life?
Here it is – I can be as on-fire for God as I want. I can pray hard and love hard and see lives changed everywhere I go. I can give to missions in Africa and then be a missionary in my own city. I can pour my life into prayer and Bible study until the day I die.
But then what?
If I make my life solely about my relationship with God and the people I’m reaching outside the church for Christ, I’ve missed something. Because after I’m gone, who is going to maintain the ground I’ve seen won for the Kingdom of God?
Who is going to help those young people maintain this zeal? Who will encourage them to keep going when life tries to knock that fire out of them? Who will let their own ceiling be the launching pad for others to go further and do more than we ever could?
No matter where you are, you can leave a legacy that reaches far beyond your own family. I encourage you to stop today and ask God who He has deliberately put in your life for this very reason. Let your vision for your life widen to see who you can come alongside and encourage in this race. Then watch as God multiplies your efforts to produce more than you ever dreamed.
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