Legacy

Ex. 10:2 "and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your sons son the mighty things I have done in Egypt..."

A heritage. A legacy. This is something that I have thought about for a while. What am I going to leave behind that will impact my kids and others? I guess it is part of why I do a journal. Not only so I can meditate on God's Word, but also so I can leave something that can influence others when I am just a memory.

The thing that hits me with this verse, however, is that God does not want me to leave a legacy for me, He wants me to leave a legacy for Him. That His Name is exalted. That His Name is remembered. That the mighty things that He has done be repeated in my kid's lives and in their kid's lives.

God said to Moses that He was hardening Pharoah's heart for future generations. He was causing Pharoah to refuse to let the Jews go so the people of Israel could tell their sons and their son's sons the mighty things that they did? No, so that they could recite the mighty things that God did. It was a legacy for God. How God worked. How God performed signs. How God moved. How God is powerful and mighty.

I have always thought that Dad's should develop a story for their kids. Basically a story of their life that their kids could read. Now I know that the story that needs to be told to our kids is not what we have done, not what we have accomplished, but rather what God has done. The mighty deeds that God has done in my life. Have I done that? Do I tell my kids how awesome God is so that they can tell their kids? I need to start. Develop this story centering on how mighty God is...how He has worked. His legacy, not mine.