“Every generation must steward what’s been entrusted to them.”

From a thought in Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small by Mark Batterson. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

This thought hit me as I was reading.  God has entrusted us with so many opportunities to do so many difference things today but will what we do today last beyond today?

What Mark asks is, “What are you doing today that will make a difference one hundred years from now?” 

Oh I know it is hard just trying to survive today let alone to feel the responsibility of making a difference one hundred years from now but God has created us with a plan. 

Mark says, “Every generation must steward what’s been entrusted to them. It starts with honoring the generation that has gone before us by learning everything we can from them. But that’s only half the equation when it comes to passing along a generational blessing.”

He then says, “It continues by empowering the generation that comes after us. That’s how the baton of blessing is passed to the third and fourth generation.”

Earlier he said, “One of the biggest mistakes we make is thinking in terms of one generation. It’s not only shortsighted; it’s also selfish. We think that what God does for us is for us. And it is, but it isn’t. It’s also for the third and fourth generations. We think right here, right now. God is thinking nations and generations. The key to dreaming big is thinking long. And the bigger the dream, the longer the timeline. If you’re thinking in terms of eternity, you should have some dreams that can’t be accomplished in your lifetime.”

He continues, “Before the Battle of Long Island, General George Washington reminded his troops whom they were fighting for. It wasn’t just for their freedom as first-generation Americans. ‘The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army.’”

So will what we do today last beyond today?