Leaving a Kingdom Legacy
Dear Beloved:
Recently I purchased an electronic item online (thanks to training by my grands!). When the item arrived, it contained a small, but vibrantly designed shiny red and black card right on top, that read “Stop before Using! Register your product for this lifetime warranty. Takes less than 1 minute and lasts for life against manufacturing defects. ” I hopped right on that task! And, indeed, as the card stated, it took just 60 seconds to lock in that lifetime guarantee. Done. Finished. I had my “lifetime” (albeit, non-transferable) guarantee locked in and confident that if anything happened, I’d be in good shape.
Beloved, that action gave me pause to ponder on how urgent I was to register a non-transferable guarantee for a truly meaningless item in the realm of the abundant life that God has given us. Minister or lay, we all sometimes get caught up in life’s trivialities. Amen?
But, I’m so glad that God has given me the legacy of a defining and sustaining wisdom, desire and action to teach my children, grands, and great grands the transferable, guaranteed legacy treasures found in personally knowing Jesus Christ. Yes, their Pop-Pop paying it forward.
The young people say “imma gonna” and this father, grand- and great-grandfather says I’m going to see that my offspring and future Montague generations hear the Word of God and trust that it is guaranteed by His Grace, His Blood and His Promises. Even in the face of poverty and hunger, the widow of Zarephath trusted Elijah that God would provide. Somewhere in her upbringing, she received this Kingdom Legacy of faith.
Our legacies make a difference for our future generations. Moses was considered “The Man” of his time, but he didn’t cross the “finish line” into the promised land. Paul wrote that our life in Christ needs to be run to the finish line (Philippians 3:14) so that everything that should be done to leave an upright legacy will have been completed. Paul said, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return.
And then, Paul went on to say "...And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:7-8).
So, I ask you…what is -- and what will be -- your Kingdom Legacy?
Because of Christ,
The Reverend Ernest L. Montague, Sr.
Dear Beloved:
Recently I purchased an electronic item online (thanks to training by my grands!). When the item arrived, it contained a small, but vibrantly designed shiny red and black card right on top, that read “Stop before Using! Register your product for this lifetime warranty. Takes less than 1 minute and lasts for life against manufacturing defects. ” I hopped right on that task! And, indeed, as the card stated, it took just 60 seconds to lock in that lifetime guarantee. Done. Finished. I had my “lifetime” (albeit, non-transferable) guarantee locked in and confident that if anything happened, I’d be in good shape.
Beloved, that action gave me pause to ponder on how urgent I was to register a non-transferable guarantee for a truly meaningless item in the realm of the abundant life that God has given us. Minister or lay, we all sometimes get caught up in life’s trivialities. Amen?
But, I’m so glad that God has given me the legacy of a defining and sustaining wisdom, desire and action to teach my children, grands, and great grands the transferable, guaranteed legacy treasures found in personally knowing Jesus Christ. Yes, their Pop-Pop paying it forward.
The young people say “imma gonna” and this father, grand- and great-grandfather says I’m going to see that my offspring and future Montague generations hear the Word of God and trust that it is guaranteed by His Grace, His Blood and His Promises. Even in the face of poverty and hunger, the widow of Zarephath trusted Elijah that God would provide. Somewhere in her upbringing, she received this Kingdom Legacy of faith.
Our legacies make a difference for our future generations. Moses was considered “The Man” of his time, but he didn’t cross the “finish line” into the promised land. Paul wrote that our life in Christ needs to be run to the finish line (Philippians 3:14) so that everything that should be done to leave an upright legacy will have been completed. Paul said, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return.
And then, Paul went on to say "...And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:7-8).
So, I ask you…what is -- and what will be -- your Kingdom Legacy?
Because of Christ,
The Reverend Ernest L. Montague, Sr.
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