Men in the Family of God Building Legacies in Christ

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Read – (2 1/2 minutes) – “King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores. . . . Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.” (Esther 10:1-3
   Passage: Psalm 48:1-14

        God wired creature and mankind to be builders. For example, birds build nests. Beavers build dams. Ants build tunnels underground and mounds above. Mankind is also wired to build and while many might argue that they are not builders with their hands, everyone is a builder with their lives. You are building a legacy every day. The question is not whether you are building one. The question is what kind of legacy are you building? Is it shaky or solid? Is it a stumbling block or a stepping stone?

The final chapter of Esther has three short verses that give a brief description for the legacies of two men. The first is King Xerxes of Persia who reigned from 486-465 B.C. He is known in history as Xerxes the Great and he sought to build a legacy that would have greatness in the eyes of men as a builder of a kingdom and a builder of buildings and monuments. He was assassinated in 465 B.C. and the Persian kingdom was weaker at the end than at his beginning. The second is Mordecai, a Jew who God used to save His people from being annihilated. He didn’t seek greatness for Himself, but his legacy is one of faithfulness to God and impact on the Jewish people. Not only is his legacy eternally recorded in the Bible, but he is remembered every year at the festival of Purim for what he did 2500 years ago. Two legacies. One made no eternal difference. One did. Set your heart to build a legacy like the second.

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