I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also (2 Timothy 1:5, New International Version)
Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-5
Song: "Faith of Our Fathers"
My dining room hutch displays a plate of Bavarian china, and I treasure its pastel roses and gold rim. I value this heriloom, not for its monetary worth, but because it belonded to my grandmother and then to my mother.
One day I too will hand down some of my treasures to my children and grandchildren. This plate will be given to one of my daughters, who will probably pass it to her daughter. With the passing of each generation, we celebrate our shared history and its mementos.
Faith may not be a tangible heirloom, but it is surely the best thing we can pass to the next generation. Modeling an authentic, growing faith in our own lives creates a generational legacy by which children are compelled to explore God's calling in their own lives.
I possess more than a plate that belonged to my granmother. I'm forutnate to also have a legacy of faith from my mother and grandmother. This faith has become completely my own, and now I hold it out to my children and grandchildren, just as Lois and Eunice did with Timothy.
Prayer: Lord, help me to be a living example of fatih in You. And ket my faith be a lasting legacy to the generation who follow. In Christ's name, amen.
- taken from 365 Devotions by Standard (Pocket Edition)
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3 comments:
As simple as it sounds to have Faith, and to be able to show and pass that on, i still find that we are all still so imperfect when it comes to having faith.
In Matthew 17:20, it says something along the lines of having enough faith of a Mustard Seed and you can say to this mountain throw yourself into the lake and it will do so. and nothing will be impossible for you.
I mean a mustard seed is extremly small and yet some/most/maybe even all of us, dont even have that tiny little bit of faith. Sometimes i think it is sad that we cant even have just a tiny little bit of faith. But it is my prayer that we all have faith in God and in everything that we do that is right with God.
Jon (1,1)
it's funny
i just heard a John Piper sermon on this :)
it's funny, how we always think about passing on the money we have made/saved, our house, cars.. but rarely do we think about passing on something like faith. I'm liking it. =)
Brian Yee --> rbk (3,0)
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