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Topic: -- Thursday, 6/24/10 -- BUILDING LEGACIES -- Joshua 23:8
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From: "J.R. & Bonnie Ricks" <j-r-and-bonnie@dogwoodministries.org>
Date: Jun 23 06:02PM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/takeaminute/msg/95fe5126ef10e668
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BUILDING LEGACIES -- Joshua 23:8 NIV
But you are to hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have until now.
Joshua is a name that almost everyone knows. His name is always associated
with Jericho. But it takes more than just winning a battle to build a
legacy. There have been innumerable Generals who led armies to battle and
won, and yet their names are known by very few people. What was it about
Joshua that made him so special? What was it that made him a hero to an
entire nation... a man whose name is recorded over and over again in
scripture?
It's right here in this one verse... something that he felt so important he
had to state it again to the people one more time before he died ...
"...hold fast to the Lord your God..." That's what Joshua did. That's what
he had done from the first time we read his name. That's the legacy he left
the people of Israel. He held fast to the Lord his God. He never wavered.
He said it again and again, and he demonstrated it by his own actions.
Joshua left a legacy of faith to his people.
What kind of legacy will you leave for your children? Do they see someone
who turns to God only in time of trouble? Or do they see someone who
depends totally and solely on the Lord for everything every day? Are you a
person who uses Jesus' name as the building block for everything you do, or
who only uses Jesus' name as a cry of desperation - or even worse, as a
curse word?
Think about how you will be remembered by your family and friends. Leaving
them the admonition and the example of holding fast to the Lord their God,
no matter whether in good times or bad, would be the finest legacy you could
build.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let
us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles,
and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our
eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set
before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from
sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." Hebrews
12:1-3 NIV
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