Pass The Torch
And to this people you shall say: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death."
Jeremiah 21:8 (ESV)
Today we have choices, and our choices matter. We can tell if we have made the right choices by the fruit that is displayed in our lives.
If we choose to focus on self, we choose to struggle with depression, anger, and worthlessness. Focusing on self usually means we focus on what others are doing or saying, or not doing or not saying, and place our lives somewhere on our own-created relevance scale. If we choose to live the way we were intended to live, we do not focus on ourselves but on how we can use the circumstances of our lives to show the world who God is and to demonstrate to those around us the principles that give them purpose, life, and hope. We live disparaging lives because our focus i
"Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord. But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."
Jeremiah 22:15-17 (ESV)
It is difficult for one generation to pass the torch to the next generation and keep the flame burning bright. So often, one generation sees an opportunity to serve, give, and use their talents and abilities for God, and considers the sacrifice a privilege.
The "founding" generation experiences the joy of struggle and the bond it forms with God and their team. In the process, the struggle lessens, and the next generation learns of it through stories and pictures, even believing they, too, have struggled, when really they were beneficiaries of the struggle. Since the next generation was handed the benefits of the struggle, they live life focused on the benefits rather than the purpose, and complacency overtakes and eventually destroys.
Jeremiah 21:8 (ESV)
Today we have choices, and our choices matter. We can tell if we have made the right choices by the fruit that is displayed in our lives.
If we choose to focus on self, we choose to struggle with depression, anger, and worthlessness. Focusing on self usually means we focus on what others are doing or saying, or not doing or not saying, and place our lives somewhere on our own-created relevance scale. If we choose to live the way we were intended to live, we do not focus on ourselves but on how we can use the circumstances of our lives to show the world who God is and to demonstrate to those around us the principles that give them purpose, life, and hope. We live disparaging lives because our focus i
"Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord. But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."
Jeremiah 22:15-17 (ESV)
It is difficult for one generation to pass the torch to the next generation and keep the flame burning bright. So often, one generation sees an opportunity to serve, give, and use their talents and abilities for God, and considers the sacrifice a privilege.
The "founding" generation experiences the joy of struggle and the bond it forms with God and their team. In the process, the struggle lessens, and the next generation learns of it through stories and pictures, even believing they, too, have struggled, when really they were beneficiaries of the struggle. Since the next generation was handed the benefits of the struggle, they live life focused on the benefits rather than the purpose, and complacency overtakes and eventually destroys.
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