Legacy

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 31st of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to Mark 8:36: ”For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” Or we can say, “family”.I want to speak to you about legacy. What are we leaving behind for our children when we go on to be with the Lord? I want to say to you. I say this with sadness, it wasn’t so long ago I was asked to go and speak to a family where the patriarch, the old man of the family, was very ill. A mighty, wonderful servant of the Lord, an extremely hard-working man who has literally built up an empire of business, and he is leaving it to his family. Now he has an extensive family. I went and spoke to the whole family, but as they collected me at the airport to take me to the mansion where he is living, some of his family said to me, ”We need to tell you something. There’s been a lot of jealousy, a lot of unhappiness in the family with regard to whom is going to get what, when it comes to inheritance.” Now the old man is not even dead and already they are arguing and fighting. One of his sons actually said to me, and he was very, very sad about it, that he has already been taken to court by one of the family because of money matters or inheritance matters. It should not be like this. It is very, very sad, and unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. I have the privilege of knowing many influential people, and many a time, the old gentleman and his dear wife, who have literally built up a fortune through hard work, through trusting the Lord, through investing wisely, but the children are not carrying on the legacy. They are wanting their part of the inheritance even before their parents have died. Let us be so careful to leave a good inheritance for the children’s sake, not for our sake. Teach them the word of God, teach them the principles of Jesus, teach them about the Lord, teach them that it is better to give than to receive. Teach them about their eternal inheritance they’ll receive when they go to Heaven, and then, by the grace of God, when we do go home, we will know that our family is in the hands of God and that the Bible is the ultimate authority for giving out your wealth to your loved ones.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.