I was reading Proverbs before I fell asleep last night and this stuck out, “So – join the company of good men and women, keep your feet on the tried-and-true paths. It’s the men who walk straight who will settle this land, the women who integrity who will last here” (2.20-21). It got me to really thinking though.
What kind of inheritance am I leaving?
God’s given us the responsibility – as men who walk straight paths – to settle the land. When I think of ‘settling’, I think of setting up shop and staying in one place for the long-haul. I mean, God’s kind of issued this decree over our lives to go out and conquer. There are giants to kill, right? The devil’s having a party on our property and we gotta go kick him off. Sure, God’s given us land (literally and figuratively), but we have to work for it. Once we kick the giants out, we need to till the soil, plant some seeds, work the crops – all of that.
And whatever we make with our lives is eventually going to get handed off to somebody, right?
So what kind of inheritance am I leaving?
I’m not just talking about physical things like money and a house and whatnot. I’m talking about a spiritual inheritance, too. What kind of legacy am I placing on my children to carry with them the rest of their life? What kind of legacy am I asking them to hand down to their children?
I’m a long ways off from being a father (I need to settle the wife issue first), but it’s never too late to work on my inheritance. The truth is, I’ve been working on it from the beginning. The day I accepted Christ, I set my kids up to inherit a Kingdom and all of the responsibility and authority that goes with it.
And honestly, as I settle into this land that He’s given to me, I want to honorably join the company of the good men and women who have gone before me (because I hope to be one myself).
What kind of inheritance are you leaving?
