July 29
Today’s Bible Reading:
Isaiah 57-59; Psalm 103; 2 Peter 3
Journal Entry on a passage from today’s reading:
Topic: Legacy
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 103:14-18
14 for he (the
Lord) knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man,
his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 the wind
blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
17 But from
everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness
with their children's children — 18
with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. (Ps
103:14-18 NIV)
OBSERVATION:
God made men and women out of the same stuff He made the
earth and everything in the earth. Just as every living thing in the earth
has a life cycle—a birth, a lifetime, reproduction, and a death—so we who were
formed from the dust will one day return to dust. Our days are numbered and the
earth from whence we came keeps no memory of us. If we live our existence only
as creatures of the earth, the brief flower of our lifetime that flourishes for
a while and then fades away will be all there is to our existence. However, if
we live our life as creatures not only of the earth but as beings living in
relationship with our Creator, He will remember and love us “from everlasting to everlasting”—our
life becomes eternal in Him. This is the legacy of life we are to pass on to
our children and our children’s children for generations.
APPLICATION:
I am so grateful for the fullness of life that I have come to
realize in relationship with God through Christ. It is a legacy that has been passed
on to me from my parents and grandparents and generations before me. These
people physically have returned to the earth, but their souls live on
eternally. My forebears did not just reproduce earthly life, they reproduced
eternal life. This is the legacy I desire to pass on to my children and
grandchildren and the generations that follow me. Do not just live and die. Do
not just reproduce babies that live and die. Let your progeny know the
possibility and reality of eternal life available to you and them from our
Creator.
PRAYER:
Thank You my Lord and God for the gift of life that endures
beyond the confines of the earth. Help me pass on the legacy of that life to
those many who have come and will come after me. Through Christ. Amen. -AP
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