READ: ACTS
13:22-23
A legacy is
what you leave behind when you are gone – such as things for which you have no
further need. Elisha moved under the anointing of the Holy Ghost during his
life on earth. Proverbs 18:16 says a man’s gift makes room for him and gives
him power to wine and dine with the great. The gift of the Holy Ghost in
Elisha’s life opened doors for him everywhere he went, and gave him access to
places which he normally would not have been able to enter.
When Elisha came to the end of his life, he did not need that power anymore, because there is no sickness, poverty, pain or sorrow in heaven. So he left it behind. At least one dead man still benefited from his legacy when he suddenly came to life after touching Elisha’s bones. What are you leaving behind when you exit this world?
In Genesis 22:15-18 God promised to bless Abraham and extend the blessing beyond him. That means all Abraham’s descendants were blessed as a result of the covenant he made with God. Isaac was blessed. His son Jacob – who later became Israel – was blessed. In fact, Galatians 3:13-14 promises that gentiles who accept Jesus Christ as Lord will automatically become spiritual children of Abraham, which means that they qualify for the same blessings. Imagine that: a single covenant between Abraham and God, based on Abraham’s desire to live a life which would please God, has become a legacy through which anyone in the world who receives Christ can be blessed.
Some people leave debts behind, like the prophet in 2 Kings 4:1. Some leave curses for the generations after them, like Gehazi (2 Kings 5:27). Joshua’s legacy was the fear of God (Joshua 24:15). Jesus Christ hung on Calvary to make his blood and Name available for us today. Every covenant you enter, every move you make, everything you do, every way you behave and every seed you sow from part of your future – a future which may outlive you. A future that will affect generations to come. What legacy are you leaving behind?
MEMORIZE:
GENESIS 8:21a –And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in His
heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake. When Elisha came to the end of his life, he did not need that power anymore, because there is no sickness, poverty, pain or sorrow in heaven. So he left it behind. At least one dead man still benefited from his legacy when he suddenly came to life after touching Elisha’s bones. What are you leaving behind when you exit this world?
In Genesis 22:15-18 God promised to bless Abraham and extend the blessing beyond him. That means all Abraham’s descendants were blessed as a result of the covenant he made with God. Isaac was blessed. His son Jacob – who later became Israel – was blessed. In fact, Galatians 3:13-14 promises that gentiles who accept Jesus Christ as Lord will automatically become spiritual children of Abraham, which means that they qualify for the same blessings. Imagine that: a single covenant between Abraham and God, based on Abraham’s desire to live a life which would please God, has become a legacy through which anyone in the world who receives Christ can be blessed.
Some people leave debts behind, like the prophet in 2 Kings 4:1. Some leave curses for the generations after them, like Gehazi (2 Kings 5:27). Joshua’s legacy was the fear of God (Joshua 24:15). Jesus Christ hung on Calvary to make his blood and Name available for us today. Every covenant you enter, every move you make, everything you do, every way you behave and every seed you sow from part of your future – a future which may outlive you. A future that will affect generations to come. What legacy are you leaving behind?
