THE GREAT SUSTAINER
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. —Psalms 55:22
LEGACY
LEGACY DEFINED: Something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor from the past.
HE SUSTAINS US THROUGH REDEMPTION
And they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. —Isaiah 61:4
16 But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.” —Ruth 1:16 - 17And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. —Joshua 2:11
And Joshua spared Rahab the harlot, her father’s household, and all that she had.
So she dwells in Israel to this day, because
she hid the messengers whom Joshua
sent to spy out Jericho. —Joshua 6:255 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, —Matthew 1:5 - 6 (NIV)And Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband
of Mary, and Mary was the mother of
Jesus who is called the Messiah. —Matthew 1:16 (NIV)4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. —Galatians 4:4 - 5In Him we have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according
to the riches of His grace —Ephesians 1:7Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. —Hebrews 9:12
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. —Galatians 3:13 - 14In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. —Colossians 1:14
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. —Ephesians 2:19 - 22Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. —Psalms 127:1
Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding
it with sentries will do no good. —Psalms 127:1 (NLT)Unless it is the Lord who builds the house,the builders’ work is pointless. Unless it is the Lord who protects the city, the guard on duty is pointless. —Psalms 127:1 (CEB)
5-6 My choice is you, God, first and only. And now I find I’m your choice! You set me up with a house and yard. And then you made me your heir! —Psalms 16:5 - 6 (MSG)