Daily Thought for Tuesday, July 26th

July 26, 2011

Leaving A Legacy

Today’s Thought:

“Our days are numbered.  The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives.” – Billy Graham

Today’s Quotes:

“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” – Benjamin Disraeli

Today’s Question

Have you ever taken the time to consider that: “To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust?” – John F. Kennedy

Today’s Bible Verses:                  Psalm 103:15-18

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

Today’s Spiritual Thought:

“Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.” – The Bible (Deuteronomy 6:1-2)

”Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey.” – Steve Green (Lyrics from ‘Find Us Faithful’)

Barring, the very likely event, that Jesus could return in our lifetime, we must be aware that: “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” – The Bible (Hebrews 9:27)

We will be required to give an account to God for the legacy we leave behind for those who will follow after us.

“We're pilgrims on the journey
Of the narrow road
And those who've gone before us line the way
Cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary
Their lives a stirring testament to God's sustaining grace
Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
Let us run the race not only for the prize
But as those who've gone before us
Let us leave to those behind us
The heritage of faithfulness passed on through godly lives.” – Steve Green (Lyrics from ‘Find Us Faithful’)

How do you think you are doing?  Are you living so as to leave a legacy of Godliness, faith, holiness and commitment to the One who gave His all for you?

My prayer for us all is this: ”Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful.” – Steve Green (Lyrics from ‘Find Us Faithful’)

Today’s Prayer:

Father, may I be found faithful, at the end of my journey to have left a legacy of a life that was lived for you that will inspire others to live for you too.