As you live among people, it is inevitable that you will acquire a certain legacy in the eyes of others. This is especially true of those who see you often. They will get to know you, and often, they will be able to see things that you may be blind to about yourself. They will form certain thoughts and opinions about you, and who knows, some of them may even be ones that you would be okay with!
While this is certainly true for those you interact with regularly, that same legacy will often reveal itself even to those with whom you don't regularly interact. For example, if you are someone that your close friends would call kind-hearted, it's likely that this same kind-heartedness will reveal itself as you interact with others. On the other hand, if your close friends would call you prickly, it's also very likely that other people will observe that same prickly-ness in their interactions with you.
The legacy that you are leaving behind right now is a thread that you are weaving in your life. So have you ever given thought to what you want that thread to look like? In my experience with people, I've known relatively few who were intentionally planning the legacy that they wanted others to know them by. Most often, it seems we are content to simply to let others think what they will without any particular leaning or guidance on our part.
As a Christian, we also have the opportunity to weave a thread of the Gospel into our lives as part of our legacy. Every interaction that we have with others is an opportunity to weave the Gospel thread into our lives, as well as the lives of others. And just like I've said above, in many ways, this thread cannot help but become evident as we live it out. The approach you take toward appreciating the life God has given you can become a thread that you weave in all the interactions you have with others.
Right now, what does that Gospel thread look like in your life? Are there ways that you would like to intentionally nurture it so that it becomes more evident? If so, what ways do you want to take to do that? And as you do that, give thanks to God that His Spirit is actively at work through the lives of His people as that Gospel thread gets woven.
While this is certainly true for those you interact with regularly, that same legacy will often reveal itself even to those with whom you don't regularly interact. For example, if you are someone that your close friends would call kind-hearted, it's likely that this same kind-heartedness will reveal itself as you interact with others. On the other hand, if your close friends would call you prickly, it's also very likely that other people will observe that same prickly-ness in their interactions with you.
The legacy that you are leaving behind right now is a thread that you are weaving in your life. So have you ever given thought to what you want that thread to look like? In my experience with people, I've known relatively few who were intentionally planning the legacy that they wanted others to know them by. Most often, it seems we are content to simply to let others think what they will without any particular leaning or guidance on our part.
As a Christian, we also have the opportunity to weave a thread of the Gospel into our lives as part of our legacy. Every interaction that we have with others is an opportunity to weave the Gospel thread into our lives, as well as the lives of others. And just like I've said above, in many ways, this thread cannot help but become evident as we live it out. The approach you take toward appreciating the life God has given you can become a thread that you weave in all the interactions you have with others.
Right now, what does that Gospel thread look like in your life? Are there ways that you would like to intentionally nurture it so that it becomes more evident? If so, what ways do you want to take to do that? And as you do that, give thanks to God that His Spirit is actively at work through the lives of His people as that Gospel thread gets woven.
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