Daily Devotions

Wednesday, January 18                                                   

A FATHER’S HERITAGE
Genesis 48:8-16

…May my name be known through these boys, and may the names of my ancestors, Abraham and Isaac, be known through them… Genesis 48:16(c), NCV

      Today’s text poses to us a great challenge as a generation of young people. This is because it talks of a heritage for which somebody laboured but was now being bequeathed to another free of charge. A line of the Nigerian national anthem, which says that “The labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain”, reflects that Nigerians are beneficiaries of what some people in the past toiled for. The story is the same in the Christian faith.

Jacob, overjoyed for the privilege of seeing his grand children, decided to pass unto them the promises of God that he inherited from his father, Isaac and grandfather, Abraham, as recorded in Genesis 12:2 and 26:24. Jacob connected these children to the covenant God made with his own fathers so that they too can inherit it.
The best heritage that can bring a turn around to our families, churches, towns and country at large is the heritage of salvation wrought by Christ alone. Therefore, as parents we owe it a duty to unreservedly pass Christian values unto our children. In the same vein, as children we have a duty to preserve it and pass it on to the next generation. May the baton of your family not get trapped with you. Amen.

RBT Passage: Gen. 43, 44; Matt.13: 24-43

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