A Family Legacy’s Promised Blessing
Proverbs 22:
4. By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honour, and life.
An alternative translation of this proverb is “The reward of humility . . .” Now who doesn’t desire this reward! I think everyone does. They just don’t like the conditions. In fact, they might think, “ I can have arrogance and self sufficiency – and riches and honor and life, too! I can have it all!” The problem is that God created this world and you must play by his rules to succeed.
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” (Micah 6:8)
Some think that because this is an Old Testament proverb that it is not absolutely true. They are only principles to live by. They are trying to explain why many faithful Christians have died under persecution. That is understandable, but consider these New Testament verses.
“And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.” (Luke 18:28-31)
Jesus said that and many Christians don’t believe it. They believe the everlasting life part, but that “in this present life” stuff doesn’t make sense. Here the principle is stated again.
“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” (1 Timothy 4:8)
What is “this present life” and “the life that now is?” Most Christians conclude “It is my own life from birth to death,” but consider this promise to Abraham.
“And I will give unto thee [Abraham], and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” (Genesis 17:8)
Did Abraham receive the Promised Land during his lifetime? No he was a stranger. Yet the text says it was promised specifically to Abraham. How was it fulfilled?
“And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.” (Joshua 21:43)
Do you see what this is saying? God’s promise to give the land to the fathers [Abraham] was fulfilled in Abraham’s descendants taking possession of it. Let’s apply this principle of interpretation to today’s proverb.
This means that the promise to you of riches, honor and life as a reward for humility and fearing God is realized by you when your descendants take possession of those blessings as they continue faithfully in that humility and fear of God. This is why building a Family Legacy is so important – because God’s promises are fulfilled cross-generationally.
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David (Scott) PriceScott is a graduate of Iowa Sate University (BSME 1975) and has worked in design engineering at fortune 500 companies for over 35 years. He is the author of KiDSCo – Empowering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs in Building a Family Legacy. Since his retirement from Caterpillar in 2009, his desire is to help families build God honoring family legacies. He lives in the Peoria, IL area with his wife, Janice. They have three children, all home schooled up to college and two grand children. They are members of Providence Church (CPC).
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