Whose Legacy?

The previous generation has set boundaries in place. Don’t you dare move them just to benefit yourself.

Proverbs 22:28 TPT (The Passion Translation)

Today, Gentry Burton delivered a powerful teaching on this Scripture. I encourage you to hear it for yourself (see below for a link to the recorded sermon). She is a gifted speaker.

The footnote in the Bible for this Scripture offers the following explanation about not moving the boundary stones to benefit yourself. "This refers to moving property lines of your neighbors to take more land, or it could mean moving landmarks and memorials placed there by ancestors. It also speaks to the moral boundaries that the previous generation modeled—they are to be upheld."

Gentry's most powerful point today was this - "What we give permission to operate in our lives, we give authority to operate in our legacy." One illustration was David who was known as a man after God's own heart who gave himself permission to lust after Bathsheba which later manifested in the next generation in Absalom who raped his sister, and also in Solomon who according to Scripture had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray (1 Kings 11). King Solomon gave permission for false gods and idol worship in the latter days of his reign, and a handful of subsequent generations later found King Ahab abolishing any and all worship of the one true God.

So the points to ponder:

The Grace of God is not there to excuse our disobedience. 

Are we setting up boundary stones for the benefit of our legacy or have we moved them? 

What ARE the boundary stones in our lives?

Ephesians 6:12 in the Passion Translation reads, Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage.

We must keep fighting with faith to set the boundary stones for the generations of our legacy until Jesus comes!

Prayer:

Father,

          Thank You for a great Word today. Drive it deep into our spirits so that we fully embrace Your legacy to set the boundary stones for those coming after us. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen

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Gentry's teaching begins at 27:21. It's less than 25 minutes long. https://www.facebook.com/lifecc.tv/videos/466153758151277