Leaving a Lasting Legacy of Faith and Purpose

Let me start with a scripture from Acts 13, 36. It says this, For when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. He was buried with his fathers and his body decayed. Today, I want to talk the principle about serving the purpose. The purposes of God in our generation. [00:55:42]

And it's a phenomenal principle that it's like a stake in the ground for us as believers to be able to live by. When you look at Hebrews 11, and we'll touch a little bit on that later on in what I'm bringing today, you just see this powerful, you see powerful insights into this lineage of faith, of people, of generation after generation after generation after generation who served God. [00:56:00]

See, what we need to understand is that what you and I do now as believers, we don't do in a vacuum. We don't just come in. Yes, sure, we just come into life. The Bible says we're like a mist. We just come in. We're here for a while. And then we're gone. [00:56:29]

matters it matters when we belong to him it matters when we are part of his Ecclesia he's called out once here on the earth it matters a huge amount and he called us to be salt and light in the earth so we have a we have a life that is worth living guys we have a life that is worth living [00:56:49]

We don't have to be prophets to realize that we live in unsettled unstable times of global nervousness it's really amazing some of you who have been around long enough I think probably Ann Josh and Abby the only ones that have been around long enough I preached this originally in 2004 this is my series on Noah [01:02:09]

But we have to remember another generation stands ready, needing to see how we're gonna respond. How will we respond in unstable times? How do we respond in unsettled lives? How do we respond when there is global nervousness? How do we respond as God's people? [01:02:56]

Ephesians 1 .18, I quoted it in my prayer. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of the glorious inheritance in the saints. So guys, we need to be purpose driven. We're called to live significant lives. [01:07:38]

watching you know someone like David he did this and we read that scripture earlier he served after serving the purposes of God he passed away he went on to be with God but he served the purposes of God in his time in his generation he fell asleep and he left a legacy of impact to generations [01:08:51]

He knows what I'm speaking about right now and we know when we did the book of Revelations that Jesus is listening. He's walking around his churches. He's the coach. He's like the high priest that walks around and he's getting rid of the ash in the temple of the light, the lampstand. [01:11:29]

and he knows your name what legacy what legacy are you already building legacy doesn't start when you're our age legacy starts the minute you step into the call of God you know even Jesus called refer to David even sorry even Jesus was called the son of David wow you can't separate us mere human beings from the purposes of God [01:13:18]

Let's look at the words. In Hebrews 11 verse 7, it says, By faith, Noah, when warned about the things not yet seen, in holy fear, built an ark to save his family. In the Amplified, let me read it. In the Amplified, Prompted by faith, Noah, being forewarned by God concerning events, of which as yet there was no visible sign. [01:15:03]

He said, since your parents both passed away, because remember, Brahm was only a teenager. He was six when his dad passed away, 16 when his mum passed away. The boys were scattered. His mum was in and out of hospital with tuberculosis. One got into drugs, one got into... Oh, they got into... You don't even want to know what they all got into. [01:23:40]