Last week I went to Camp Aush-Bik-Koong. Normally I would be serving at the Junior Girl's Outpost Camp but because of Covid things are a little different. Instead I helped finish a couple of work projects. It was odd to see the place so empty.
As I was there one thing hit home with me.
The importance of legacy building.
At Outpost there is a lighthouse that was 'built' by campers a couple years ago. I say 'built' because it was really Richard Brohart who cut all of the wood and constructed the pieces. All the girls needed to do was paint it and enjoy the final result. But they got to leave their names on this construction as a part of the build all the same.
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| Outpost Lighthouse |
Isn't that the way it works with God? He gives us His truth, salvation through Jesus, directions on how to love and serve Him, directions on how to have compassion for others, a position in a family, a position in the community and then asks us to build a legacy with the things he's provided and enjoy the result.
But what does it mean to build a legacy?
In Joshua 4:1-7 God told each tribe of Israel to place stones together as a memorial. Why? It says, When your children ask in the future, 'what do those stones mean?' then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord...so these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever."
The stones became a legacy of God's salvation when Israel needed it. They were a reminder of what He had done for them and all who saw those stones remembered.
Our lives are to be used as a reminder of what God has done. Every time we forgive, every time we love our enemies or respond to a hard situation with hope we are building a legacy that points others to Jesus. The world won't understand it, they will end up asking, 'what does it mean?' and hear the good news of Jesus' love for them.
So how are you building your legacy today?
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