Praying Beyond Ourselves

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For the next 21 days, we have challenged Surrender, the young adults group at Destiny Worship Center, to read through all 4 gospels.  Our goal is to focus on Jesus and to "make more room" for Him in our schedules and our lives in general.  We want to expand the discipline of reading and praying through God's Word.  
So yesterday was day 1 from Surrender's 21-Day Challenge.  In reading through the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 1, the thought hit me ... I never think much beyond the generation before me (my parents) and the generation coming after me (my children). But think about this ... one day, will we be standing next to those who went before us for the past generations? Who will we meet in our family line? Will there be any spiritual giants who's prayers are being answered through us right now?  What about the stories of redemption through the ages? 
It prompts me to begin praying with more of a generational view. You never know what your prayer will spark generations from now ... or what it could prevent generations from now. I've heard several speakers talk about how their ministry was the vision of their parents or grandparents.  WOW!  Maybe part of the vision that God has given us is supposed to cross generational lines.  
I know that the most important thing we can leave our children is our legacy of walking with the Lord.  By God's grace, they will carry what we've started and take it farther and higher.  And our lives today are setting up those that come after us to either walk in God's blessing or to walk apart from it.  Let's INTENTIONALLY pray generational prayers that set up the next generations to walk in intimacy with God.

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