By Gina. Caswell Kelly
I was listening to the song “Find Us Faithful” this morning. I love this song. I used it at Mike Kelly’s service and it is written in the back of my Bible to use at mine. The words have so much meaning.
The lyrics say, “May all who come behind us find us faithful.” I love that attitude and prayer. I want to live my life so that those who come after me will have a pattern to follow for their own lives. I have spent lots of days in my life not living a life I wanted others to pattern after. But I am trying! I think all of us, as God’s children, could say we would like to live a life worthy of watching and patterning after. I hope I have lived a life that points to God. I hope that in times of trouble, people have seen me falling into God’s precious promises. I hope that in times of good, people have seen me praising God for His great promises.
The lyrics continue,
“After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone
And our children sift through all we’ve left behind
May the clues that they discover and the memories they uncover
Become the light that leads them to the road we each must find
Oh, may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey
Oh, may all who come behind us find us faithful.”
Oh I love this part! Don’t you pray that as your children one day go through your things, that they will discover clues about why you lived your life as you did? Don’t you want them to be encouraged by what you leave behind? Don’t you want them to find a legacy that absolutely points to God! Oh man, I surely do.
We are called to be faithful servants of God. Not because He is bossy and wants to lord it over us. But because He loves us with so deep a love that we cannot even begin to comprehend it. He alone knows our path. He alone knows our deepest hurts and sorrows. He alone holds us close through all our suffering. And He alone sent His Son to die in our place on that cross.
Let everyone find you faithful! It will make a difference!
