More to the Story, Chapter 6

A GREAT LEGACY IS NOT A PERFECT LEGACY

“Moses went up to Mount Nebo and the Lord said  . . "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have now allowed you to see it with your own eyes, but you will not enter the land.”
 
So Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab. . . Moses was 120years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever. The people of Israel mourned for Moses on the plains of Moab for thirty days, until the customary period of mourning was over.

Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him, doing just as the LORD had commanded Moses”    Deuteronomy 34:1-2 (NLT)

Last week the Martin Luther King memorial was erected in our nation’s capital. The nation is a better place because of the legacy he has left. The same can be said of Lincoln and Jefferson, Washington and so many others who have been memorialized.

Like Moses these men were men, not gods. None was perfect. Nor is the legacy of any of them perfect. There is negative as well as positive fallout from the lives of the best of us.

Yet , there is one legacy that stands above all others. When one life leaves behind another life which follows God, that is a life which has been well lived. What is the verse for which Joshua is so famous? “As for me and my house, we will follow the Lord” (Joshua 24:15)

Prayer

“Lord, help me to see, imagine, plan for, want, hope for, make myself available to someone that you want me to influence for you. Lord, I want the Moses Legacy, one person who will have come to know you because of this brief life you have given me. Amen”


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