How will you be remembered?

This past week the great apologist Ravi Zacharias passed away. I am very grateful to have been given the opportunity to learn from, wrestle with, and experience so many of his teachings. He was one of those guys that addressed the hard topics and questions of Christianity with incredible knowledge and grace. But he didn’t just touch my life. This week I saw hundreds of people post on Instagram and Facebook about him because they too were impacted by his life and ministry. Honestly, I hadn’t seen that kind of social media praise for someone since the passing of Billy Graham two years ago. 

99% of people won’t be given the stage opportunities that Ravi had to impact others but 99% of people don’t have that calling. Everyone however, has a calling to leave a legacy worth following. 

Some of the greatest advice I’ve received is to think about my legacy because I write it every day. My life choices don’t determine God’s love towards me, but they do determine the depth of my relationships, the love I give to others, and the legacy I leave. 

One of the craziest stories I’ve read about a change in legacy involves Alfred Nobel - the inventor of dynamite. When his brother died, they accidentally wrote the obituary about Alfred. He was condemned for his invention of the explosive so he decided he wanted to leave a better legacy. Thus, creating the Nobel Peace Prize. 

It’s never too late to rewrite your story.

It’s never too late to change your legacy.

It’s never too late to begin to impact the generations that follow. 

I don’t believe blessings flow because we are ‘good’. I believe blessings flow because God is good. The blessings we receive are not personal, they are generational. God gives to us to be given through us. 

Instead of getting out of the world, we should be more concerned with what we’re putting into the world. Life is not about what you take out, it’s about what you put in. 

What are you putting in?