Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Wed.’s Devo - Our Legacy

Read: Gen. 36; 1 Chron. 1:35-34-2:2
True to prophecy, Esau and Jacob were both blessed with children and wealth. Esau stood for the unholy line and Jacob the righteous line. You might recognize some of the names of Esau’s line like Amalek. Amal means perverse. His descendants, the Amalekites were the people who met Moses and the children of Israel when they were escaping Egypt. They fought a battle and Aaron and Hur held the hands of Moses up so they could win the victory. God later told Saul to kill all of them and not let one live. Saul disobeyed and let the king live (1 Samuel 15) which made the Lord angry and he cut off his kingdom.
Another name you might recognize is Timna which was Amalek’s mother and Lotan’s sister. A town was named after her which means “thou will behold”. This would be the place in Genesis 38 where Tamar chose to deceive Judah into having a child to carry on her husband’s name. It would also be the place Samson saw a woman who caught his eye and he wanted. Interestingly, Joshua asked for this land when they were dividing the land and built a city there. When he died, he was buried here (Joshua 19:49-50).
All of Ishamael’s sons were called dukes where all of Israel’s sons were called sons and leaders.
What we bring to life on this earth is our legacy and our inheritance. How we live our lives affects these people in a powerful way. We can open doors of sin that they will have to carry or deal with or we can open doors of heaven that they can walk in and have access to. What we do does matter. We might not be significant to the masses but we can establish a foundation that others behind us can stand on and be significant to the masses. No matter what we become on earth, what we become in heaven is so much more important. They are watching and evaluating how we live. Hebrews 12:1.
Lord, let us live our lives in a way that we point our families and others to You.

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