“The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.” (Proverbs 10:7)
Unless the Lord returns first, we will all face death. Our bodies will return to the dust from whence they came and only our legacy will remain. Solely what we have done for God will stand at the judgment seat of Christ and only our spiritual heritage will remain on the earth. Edward E. Hale said: “I am only one, but I am one. I can’t do everything. But I can do something. And what I can do, I ought to do. And what I ought to do, by the grace of God, I shall do.” Our memory upon the earth will be blessed, if we are godly men. “Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.” (Psalms 112:6) In the song “Find us Faithful,” Steve Green sings: “After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone and our children sift through all we’ve left behind, may the truths that they discover and the memories they uncover become the light that leads them to the hope we each must find.” Our spiritual legacy will be passed down to the third and fourth generations. What kind of memory are we leaving behind? The Lord has the ability to preserve our legacy or to cause it to rot. “They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.” (Isaiah 26:14) Ultimate success is not amassing fame and fortune which will disappear once we die but lying up for ourselves treasures in heaven that will remain for eternity.
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