Legacies

• Legacy

Legacy is anything handed down from the past, it could be from an ancestor, a predecessor or even from our parents. Legacy could be a law passed down, a gift of property or in this case a blessing.

The choices we make today, the actions we take determines the legacy we would pass down to our generation. There are certain things we do now, that we may not see the result of those actions but would end up effecting our generation.

This could be the beginning of generational curses or a blessed generation.

• Genesis 26:24 KJV

• And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

The blessings Isaac got was also because of how faithful his father was to God.

• 1 Kings 11:12 KJV

• Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

In the case of Solomon the kingdom was to be taken away completely from him but because of his father david God divided the kingdom into Isreal & Judah.

• Genesis 9:25 KJV

• And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

If you read this story very well, we would find out that the sin was in no were related to Canaan, but it was his father who committed the sin. Yet the curse went to Canaan the son of Ham.

• Genesis 9:22 KJV

• And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

What legacy do you plan of leaving for your generation? A blessed one or...