Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Legacy


People are going to remember the terrible 2012 saga of Joe Paterno for many, many years. He was a great coach with expertise and generosity, but his legacy was horribly soiled only months before his death. What about yours? Peter wrote, “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation” (1 Peter 2:11-12).
We are being watched by people around us. When we slip in our actions, we not only put our eternity in jeopardy, but we also give people reason to doubt the gospel. However, another important fact to remember is that the Lord also watches us (Psalm 139:7-12; Hebrews 4:13). What legacy are you leaving when people don’t see you? Peter said, “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil” (1 Peter 3:12).
For our final thought, Peter wrote, “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead” (1 Peter 4:1-5). Our legacy should be to cease from sin. How will God and others see you?
Kyle Campbell

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