What Is Your Legacy?

He was openly evil before God, walking in the footsteps of Jeroboam, who both sinned and made Israel sin. 1Kings 15:33-34

It's father's day. A day we honor our fathers.

Hopefully, most of us had good fathers, and they had a good impact on us.

My own father taught me many things.

Things like the value of hard work, and how to plant a garden.

I also came to believe in God because I saw the changes God made in my dad's life.

People who knew my dad still stop me and tell me about the impact he had on their life.

In those times, God reminds me that every person on the planet is leaving a legacy,

things people will remember about them.

Jeroboam was King of Judah.

His legacy? That's quite a legacy.

He led a whole country into the sin of idolatry and like father, like son,

his children followed his example, and their children followed their pattern.

Each generation was becoming progressively worse.

As I read this, I remind myself that I need to be careful how I live.

Others may be watching me and following my example.

I don't want to lead others into sin.

I want to leave a legacy of faith and trust in God.

When I am no longer here, I want to be the reason that my children,

and their children and their children are walking with God.

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