Fight Your Battles and Free Your Children
One morning, I awoke and the first thought in my mind was a statement I had heard many years ago from a minister. The statement was "Don't leave battles for your children to fight."
A couple hours later, I came across a short article about Kingdom thinking. I believe it went right along with not leaving battles for your children to overcome. If we overcome them now, in our family at least, we are impacting not only our children but generations to come.
Some of the things we can overcome are sickness, disease, lack, poverty, divorce... the list goes on and on. It doesn't mean our children will never battle those things, but it does mean they will know they can have victory in those areas. It is giving our children and grandchildren what they need to succeed. At least that is how I look at it.
Kingdom Thinking Is Thinking Generationally
I have a friend who used to always say, "Give people everything they need to succeed and then let them succeed." That's what I desire to do for my children and grandchildren.
Kingdom thinking is different from worldly thinking. For most people, they are mostly concerned with what is right in from of them: the following week, this month's income, or what is coming in the near future. Kingdom thinking is a different perspective. Kingdom living looks beyond the present and asks how we can impact the next generation.
When we operate in this way of thinking, we move from quick fixes to searching for solutions that bring lasting impacts. We think not only about the fruit we will see in our lifetime but also the fruit that will be seen in the next few generations. It's not only about what we can build but what will have lasting fruit.
King David: A Kingdom Thinker
We see this type of thinking in the life of King David. In the book of 1 Chronicles, we find it was the desire of King David's heart to build a temple for God. However, that desire was not fulfilled. Instead, God told King David that Solomon, his son, would build the temple for God. (Photo via Pexels)
David could have become bitter and decided Solomon could fend for himself since God would not allow the temple to be built in his time, but he didn't. David spent the last years of his life setting his son up for success.
He prepared resources and plans. He even prepared the people for what was to come. He did everything in his power to make sure God's plan was followed through in the next generation, even though it was his desire to complete it in his lifetime. King David was an example of a great Kingdom thinker. He led with generations in mind.
A Kingdom Mindset or A Worldly Mindset
It's entirely up to us whether we choose to have a worldly mindset, where it is all about us, or a Kingdom mindset, where we think about the generations who will follow us.
I desire to be like King David and leave a legacy for my children and grandchildren—a spiritual legacy. I pray my ceiling becomes their floor and they are able to accomplish and see more than I ever dreamed possible in God.
Proverbs 13:22 encourages us to leave a good inheritance to our children. Let's leave a good spiritual inheritance to those who come behind us. That's my hope. How about you?
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Kim Potter
A New Thing Ministries
Email:Â Kim@anewthingministries.com
Website:Â www.anewthingministries.com
Kim Potter is the founder of A New Thing Ministries, which sends a daily teaching to over 10,000 people all around the world. Her articles have appeared on The Elijah List, Charisma, Spirit Fuel and iBelieve.com. Kim's message is one of hope. She speaks to the heart of those who have grown discouraged and disappointed by the circumstances of life and imparts the desire and ability to stand against all odds, to stand for victory. She encourages people to press into God and discover that He is who He says He is.
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