“A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous" - Proverbs 13:22 (NIV)
Sometimes we work so hard investing in material things like buildings and personal effects. How about also if our energies go into people God brings us into contact. Recently I got to know of a lady who had passed away at a rich age of 99. She had not only lived a good life but many of her children were serving Christ in various ministries, local and overseas, including a third generation!
All of us do aspire to have a legacy, don’t we? For some people it is the buildings they own that they want to be remembered for. Others it is being known as the best in their professions and the awards they received. They want to be remembered long after there are gone for something written to their name.
There is also another legacy. This is knowing Christ and leaving a heritage of Christ followers, like this lady. Surely this one can outlive anyone. From time to time I come across generations of Christ followers that started back in the East Africa Revival days and I thank God for the legacy of the early followers. Live a life of investing in people and you will have no worries!
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Prayer for the day: Lord Father in heaven, help me realize that the greatest investment I can make is in people and not material things which age and decay.
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20/04/2024 - 21/04/2024 All day“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong” (1 Cor 16:13)
Tourists who happen to visit Bukingham palace will be expected to notice the King’s royal guards. Dressed in colorful often red uniforms and adorning tall black helmets they stand on guard and no one dare cross them. Elsewhere in life we find guards in all manner of places quite firm on deterring any intruder wherever they may be.
For us Believers being on constant guard is a calling we must permanently observe. And why? Once in the course of his work, “Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns” (Mathew 16:23). Peter had just protested that he would not deny Jesus only to be sported out!
There is something for us to note here. Satan had penetrated the ranks of Jesus and was going through his closest disciple. It is clear that Peter was not even aware that he was being used. Anyway, he found his target, Jesus, was on guard. Immediately Satan was sent packing.
No Believer is immune to attacks from Satan. After all when once the Lord asked Satan his whereabouts: “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it” (Job 1:7). Clearly the guy is out there 24/7 looking for whom to devour. “Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour” (I Peter 5:8).
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, as you have warned us to be on “guard” help me ever to be on the watch out for the attacks of the enemy and with your word rebuke Satan, this I pray in Jesus’ name!
