15/10/2020
*Above Only Devotional*
Thursday, October 15
*Raising the Foundations of Many Generations*
Isaiah 58:11-12(NKJV), Jeremiah 1:10
*The LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose water do not fail. … you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell in. *See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.*
One major purpose of fruitfulness and productivity is to lay a good foundation and legacy for the future. Many people do not consider the future in their decisions and resulting actions. Many people squander the resources and opportunities they have and they steal and cheat others because they do not think about others and future generations. Some squander and steal the resources of nation or organization Instead of stealing, God wants you to work and to be so productive that you can be a blessing to others. “Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give him that needeth,” Eph. 4:28.
In our first text above, God refers to you as a repairer of the breach. A breach is a hole or gap or something that is wrong or missing. Rather than collaborating with others to abuse and destroy the resources and future of organizations and nations, God wants you to root out, pull down, destroy and throw out the mentalities, the systems and the structures that accommodate stealing and squandering of resources. Instead, God wants us to build and plant the mentalities, system and structures that will benefit future generations. God wants us to build things that will outlive us and our generation. We are to leave a good inheritance and legacy for future generations. God wants you to invest in others and in the future. David prepared resources in abundance for Solomon, his son, to build a magnificent temple for God in the future. 1Chron. 22:2-5. Like Joseph, God wants us to use His wisdom to build systems and provide resources that will preserve the future of economies, businesses, families, ministries, education, health, politics, sports, media and every sphere of influence of life.
*Prayer Focus:*
Ask God to use you to repair broken systems and to plant and build good foundations, systems and legacies for the future.
*Bible In One Year Reading Plan*
Jeremiah 26:1-27:22, 2Thessalonians 3:1-18, Psalms 85:1-13, Proverbs 25:16