Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 213 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

How to Live a Legacy Each Day #2

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 213 of our Trek, and yesterday and for the next few days, we will explore the trails that will help us learn how to live a legacy life each day. Listening to Wisdom-Trek daily is one thing that will help you gain the wisdom needed to live your legacy today, which will also allow you to leave a legacy tomorrow. If you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. As we look towards 2016, there are many dreams and goals which we need to sort out. We have to be prudent to set realistic steps based on the time and resources that are available. This is one reason our year-end planning sessions are so important. It allows us to set our budget based on the time, talent, and treasures that we have available. Of these three key elements, only time has a finite amount. That is why it is so imperative that we utilize our time wisely and maximize its value. Only then will we be able to improve our talents and increase our treasures. I sure wish it was easy to do that, but we all fall victim to wasting time, which in turn limits our talents and treasures. This is something that we all need to consider.

The three elements that I just spoke of are very important on our Trek this week, so let’s head back out on our trail today as we consider and explore for more nuggets of wisdom that will enable us to effectively live our legacy each day. These are important concepts to grasp. Our positive impact on others should begin as early as possible on our life’s trek and grow each day.  This will enable them to last throughout eternity in the lives of others. So let’s explore.

How to Live a Legacy Each Day #2

We finished yesterday considering the three short but impactful proclamations that the Apostle Paul pondered near the end of his life. He made three very simple statements about his legacy. He says by God’s grace:

"I have fought the Good Fight."

"I have finished the race."

"I have remained faithful."

These are three simple but great statements concerning “a living legacy.”  Let’s explore the impact of each of these statements.  Today we will explore the first one and finish up with the other two tomorrow.

1. “I have fought the good fight.”

As my friend on this trek of life, you need to understand that if you want to live and leave a legacy that is greater than yourself, you must recognize each day that you are in a battle to either bring good into the world or to allow evil to flourish. Daily we must choose to do what is right, just, and fair.  We learn in Proverbs 2:9 that one of the many benefits of wisdom is, "Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will find the right way to go."

To live and leave a legacy, we must prepare in advance. We need to choose to stand firm, clothed in your armor, as a spiritual warrior. All of these are a choice that we make in advance on how we will live.

Here is what I think we sometimes miss. When you and I are casual about spiritual things, careless with the disciplines of the faith (like prayer, meditating, the study of the Bible and other good materials, and the fellowship with other like-minded individuals) we become callous about things that are right, just, and fair. When we fail to prepare ourselves for life’s daily battles, we live a legacy that is not strong enough for our family in their time of need and hardship. We have to understand that when Satan,