I attended the funeral of a friends mother a few weeks ago. I did not know this lady, but felt as though I needed to support my friend and his family. I just remember how the support meant so much to me when my dad died. Listening to the family and friends of this lady made me think, what will people remember most about me? As I have pondered this thought I realized something. Legacy is not something we make, it something we allow God to make through us. You see if my friends mom did all the things she did purely for the reason of people saying nice things about her it would not have worked at all. You see this lady invested her time, her wisdom, her love, her talents, and her money out of purely God inspired love. She simply loved as God lead her, and as God enabled her. Because she allowed the Holy Spirit to use her she left children, grandchildren, friends and a husband, who could not say enough about her, and more importantly the God she loved.
So when we start thinking about legacy, we need to start with surrender. We need to surrender all our heart, our desires, our time, our talents, and yes our material possessions to the one who gave them to us in the first place. It is then that He takes what we give and multiplies it 10, 20, 100 fold.
May God fill your heart with Him.
