Re: Youre going to die and so might your dreams...
Great comment on this article:
We have songs and preachers who talk about leaving a legacy…in and of itself that is not bad, if by that we mean leaving the deposit of ‘the faith once for all delivered to the saints’ to the next generation…this is the only legacy worth remembering and the only hand me down that has lasting value. We see movies like 300 (just recently) that espouse a view that we chase ‘glory’ for glory sake so that we are remembered in the annals of history. This is what ‘the city of man’ runs too…they want to leave an indelible mark on this planet, etch their name in the bedrock of this earth so that they find some satisfaction in knowing they left something behind that was worthwhile. Without God this makes no sense because when the lights go out you cannot see the fruit of your own labors or the results of the legacy you left. The marks that are worthwhile, in my opinion, are the ones we point to…the ones that have already been left behind, and we reiterate, and emphasize, and teach, and preach…reason: unless the soul of man is transferred out of the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of Light their is no lasting legacy, and even the one you think you leave behind is in vain. Man was not designed to point to himself, but to His God. Man gets in trouble when he tries to carve out a legacy apart from His Creator. Adam thought he could do this, and failed. The Christian finds his legacy wrapped up in Christ alone. It is He would has left the ultimate mark, the chief legacy. As we come to Him we find that His legacy becomes ours as He shares all that He has with His people. We are made New for His glory so that we can herald His lasting and eternal legacy. In pursuing this we find that all our hopes and dreams come to fruition and find their cllmax in His accomplishments, His achievements, His works.
---Jason Strange