Legacy

"The times that we are living in are not a distraction from the Gospel, they are an open door for the Gospel." There is a huge temptation in Silicon Valley to sacrifice your health, community, happiness, your very life, on the altar of self-advancement. But does this make sense? The max I could ever live on this earth is 100 years. And when I die, what happens to my car, my house, my bank account? What matters in the end is how faithful I was in living the days given me. What ultimately remains is how I honored God with my life. Help me not waste my life collecting things. My legacy is the how I advanced the kingdom of God and bore fruit to His glory. Lord, in my limited time, let me know You and Your character more. I will praise You // whatever comes my way // You have taught me to say //Amen, let Your kingdom come. Tim Keller says this, "So many of our deepest longings to succeed are really just ways to be for ourselves what Christ should be for us. Really we are saying, 'If I achieve this, then I am acceptable!' But when we stop trying to steal self-acceptance from other sources, we lose our fear. We become fearless without becoming defiant."
For more, see: Progress for Its Own Sake Isn’t Growth. It’s Cancer.