Our family keeps an oral tradition of famous lines spoken by somebody. Today’s edition comes from Joel, when he was about seven or eight:
“Daddy, when you die, can I have all your tapes?”
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I want to be like Abel.
Not so much the rock-upside-the-head part. I’m talking about legacy.
Hebrews 11:4 contains a fascinating description of Abel’s life: “By faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.”
Here’s a guy who could be famous for the things he never did:
He never preached a sermon.
He never started a church.
He never wrote a book.
He never engaged in an argument to defend the faith.
He never had his name plastered on the side of a building.
He never had a wife or children, much less succeeding generations.
He never was elected to any office.
He never fought for a cause or a nation.
He never was on TV, or interviewed by the press.
He never had God give him a song (all rights reserved, of course).
He never made a YouTube video.
He never made a financial fortune, that we know of.
He never rescued anybody in distress, except maybe for a sheep or two.
Yet long-dead, Abel still speaks. And so can you and I. It’s what the LifeVesting Principle of Legacy is all about:
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