What will our legacy be?

I absolutely love to have the moments when the Lord says to my heart, "Write it down."  Especially steps that help me to do something.
      1. Acknowledge a need of direction in my life.
      2. Continue to pray daily and study His Word.
      3. Ask Him to help me recognize His answers
      4. Ask for confirmation if I have any doubt.
Suggestion:  Journal to see the progress that takes place as you pray and prayers are answered.

I had began to write in ink and changed to pencil because I couldn't rub out the mistakes and the thought came I sure wish my life were written in pencil so I could erase the mistakes.

I need direction right now in my desire to reach out and mentor some young girls in our youth group and utilize Face Book as a tool to challenge, encourage and share what God does in my life that could light up some dark corner in theirs.

I want to seek the Lord's presence and His timing and restrain myself to not run ahead of Him.  O Lord this is my prayer.  I believe numbers 3 and 4 will come during my study times with the Lord and His Word.

This morning's study David Seeking a Heart Like His, by Beth Moore

In reading the scriptures in order to fill in the blanks of a question in my study caused many questions to enter my mind and I became enthralled with the revelation I was given.

Genesis 18:1-15 (Mamre is in Hebron) God spoke to Abram through three visitors and told him Sarah would have a son.  This was the blank I was to fill.

I read the entire chapter and at first verse one did not catch my attention, but after reading the 15 verses it occurred to me; Abraham is sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day and these three men come up in the yard and when he sees them he runs (not walk) runs to meet them.  He is old, it is hot, these are strangers.

He not only calls himself their servant, he asks to wash their feet and get them bread to eat.  When they agree he goes out and kills a calf dressed it and brought bread and butter as he prepared it for them to eat.  Hey! he didn't jump in the car and run to the BBQ place and bring home take out, or have servants cook it up and serve it on a grill.  The bible states he killed the calf and gave it to a young boy that dressed it for him and he asked Sarah to cook the bread.  Then he took the food and served it to them under the tree out in the front yard.  I noticed the bible said they stood and ate. 

It was after they asked where Sara was and told Abraham (then the bible changes from they speaking  to "I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and lo Sarah thy wife shall have a son."  Then verse one hit me.  "The Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre."  I was amazed at the heart of Abraham to be such a willing servant as a man of such high position.  Abraham was a rich man and had servants himself. Yet he ran and served these strangers.

And now it comes to me.  Abraham was in the presence of God, talking with God and his heart was aligned with God.  Then God blessed him with three strangers with a special message in human form.  God spoke to Abraham's heart while Abraham listened and obeyed, but God sent angels to appear in human form to deliver the message with audible words while they stood and ate food that was prepared by human hands.  Is that not God?  Talk about confirmation.  Such a joyous revelation and then the men rise to leave and the scene unfolds as they look toward Sodom.  There is a conversation going on.  I don't exactly understand who is speaking, but when the dust settles Abraham and the Lord are discussing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Abraham is pleading for mercy to not destroy the city where his nephew Lot and his family are living.  God agrees to spare the city if there are 55 righteous men in the city and Abraham pleads until God agrees if there are ten righteous in the city he will not destroy it.

Where was the witness?  Where was the evangelism in Sodom and Gomorrah where Lot and his family lived?  Where was Lot's witness?  Where are we today?  Are we so centered on  ourselves and our immediate families that we are not a witness to the lost around us by the lives that we live?  Will it be that God cannot find ten righteous people in Minden?  In Mt. Enterprise?  What speaks to my heart is I best be walking the walk and talking the talk to everyone in my circle of influence and forget about my priorities and desires but be searching for God's priorities in my life what He wants.

Such a mystery that Lot lived in a city and it appears nobody was evangelized by his witness.  Is this the legacy we want to leave behind?