Recently our church hosted a marriage seminar. It was called “Art of Marriage” and it was excellent. The final session challenged couples to think about the legacy they will leave behind one day. A sobering thought, yes, but it made me think about what I’d want on my tomb.
Here’s my best stab at it as of now: “He had one identity.”
It is my sincere hope that in marriage, in relationships, in preaching, in every day life there would be little doubt left as to my identity. I hope by the way I live, by the way I think, by the way decisions are made that little doubt would be left as to my identity.
We are told in the Bible that when we are in Christ we are a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come. I hope if my funeral were next week that there would be little doubt. I hope if my funeral is at a natural time (say 50 years from now), that God would grow and mature me even more into a person who lived with sincere and single focus: to serve Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.
That’s my prayer. I can look back and be encouraged because God has grown me by leaps and bounds. I hope and pray he’ll continue to do it. And I pray everyone will continue to know for what purpose I live each and every day.
I don’t want any confusion about my identity. What about you?