The third generation blessing & the God of our fathers.

Joshua 24:15 (NIV) "But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."

I was listening to a preacher on TV the other day and he was talking about the God of his father.  He shared the story of how his parents and his grand parents worked so hard to make a living.  He spoke of all the money his dad saved and how he was able to pay cash for his current properties.  The sacrifices his parents and grand parents made allow him to this day to experience the three ply chord blessing. Their serving God, saving, sharing, preaching and sacrificing brought the blessing of God into his life today.

Matthew 22:32 (NIV) "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."

It matters what you do today. It matters how you handle money. It matters what God you serve.  What you are doing today will affect the generations yet to come.  Your children and their children can expereince the blessing or be cursed because of the choices you are making right now.  

I know that I am blessed because of my grandfather.  He was a godly man.  He was the husband of one wife and the father of 9 living children.  He worked hard all his life and fed many of his neighbors during the depression.  He was a farmer and raised livestock.  He prayed. He sang. He loved.  I loved my grandfather and I know in part I am living a life of blessing because of his choices and the God he loved and served.  I want to leave my children with the third generation blessing.

What about you? What will be said about you when you are gone? Who did you serve? Who did you love?  Make this year a year of investment into eternity. Live a life that counts for something.