Legacy

Part of our responsibilities here include teaching and discipling the AIM teams that come through. These are typically single Americans in their late teens and early twenties. Until May, we have a team with us of three guys and four girls. The girls have been walking through Spiritual Maturity, and each week we have a list of journaling prompts. I’m going to start posting them each week because I think they might be useful for other people.

This week our study focused on Jacob and his relationship with God. God is described as the “God of Jacob,” which is pretty amazing when you consider the character of Jacob. His legacy without God would have been horrible. He was a cheating weasel of a man. The book pointed out that he was in his 70’s by the time God touched his hip at Peniel. Our prompts focus on the idea of legacies and name changes in the Bible.

• What is your family legacy? How do they interact? What are traditions? Describe the good and bad.
• What do you want your legacy to be? Describe in detail. Everything from what you want people to remember you by, to family traditions you would like to see change or continue with your family.
• Many times in the Bible, God changes names of people he calls to belong to him. Define your name. Ask God to reveal the true meaning of your name. Ask him for a new name, one that symbolizes your relationship with him.

A friend of ours went through a troubling time in her life. Through it, God gave her a new name. She now wears it permanently as a tattoo on her hand. A visual reminder of who God has created her to be.

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