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โข Have you been assigned a task you seemed inexperienced or underqualified for? How were you able to accomplish it?
โข Think of a time when someone entrusted you with a valuable item. What do you think made that person trust you?
โข What legacy would you like to leave behind?
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๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ, โ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ . . .โย ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ต:๐ญโ๐ฎ
(Read also ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ต:๐ฏโ๐ฏ๐ฌ and ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ญโ๐ฎ.)
Davidโs godly leadership enabled him to achieve many things, but what set him apart was being a man after Godโs own heart. In his final days as king, he wished to impart the same love for God to his son Solomon. Though Solomon at that time was still ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ, Godย chose him to become the next king. As we conclude the series, letโs look at three encouragements from these passages as we help the next generation fulfill the purposes God has for them.
๐ญ. ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ, โ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ . . .โย ย ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ต:๐ญโ๐ฎ
(Read also ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ต:๐ฎ.)
During his reign, David was able to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem and wanted to build a temple to house it. But God did not allow him and instead chose one of Davidโs sons, Solomon, to fulfill this task. David confidently trusted God and did everything to make sure that his son would be equipped to build the temple. David is an example of how good leaders value raising people who will succeed them. Who are the people who saw potential in you? How did they prepare you to become the person you are today or will be in the future?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.ย
โ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ? ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โย ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ต:๐ญ๐ฐ
(Read also ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ต:๐ญ๐ฌโ๐ญ๐ฏ.)
David understood that everything he had came from God. It was important for David to acknowledge this so that the people would remember who their true provider and enabler was. By doing so, David was able to ask God to grant Solomon a whole heart to follow Godโs ways. God is the Creator of all things. Apart from Him, we are unable to fulfill Godโs calling and purpose for our lives. How has God reminded you of His provision as you fulfill His calling?
๐ฏ. ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ. ย ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ต:๐ฎ๐ฏโ๐ฎ๐ฑ
David was wise to make sure that Solomon would be greater than him. For David, the measure of success was not in earthly things, but obedience and devotion to God. As a response, Solomon built on the legacy his father left behind and became very great among the people of Israel. We are where we are today because others have gone before us and have prepared the way for us. Whether we are young or advanced in our years, we can work together to see Godโs name be glorified in our communities. How have you grown from the lessons you learned from your mentors?
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โข Who has mentored and guided you? How can you show your appreciation to them this week?
โข How can you step out in faith to help the next and future generations know God and equip them to accomplish Godโs purpose for their lives? Identify at least three practical things you can do this week.
โข How can you have a mindset of preparing for future generations? Why is it important to leave a legacy and not simply be a recipient of Godโs grace?
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โข Thank God for the privilege to honor and build upon the legacy of the godly generations who went before you. โข Ask God for a heart to leave behind a godly legacy for future generations to carry.
Pray for open doors and opportunities to reach the next generation in your community and help them grow in the desire to reach future generations as well.
โข Pray for the next generation to love, serve, and honor God. Ask God to bless them with wisdom, courage, and strength.