In 1888, a man named Ludvig died from a heart attack. The reporter who wrote the obituary mistakenly reported Ludvig’s brother Alfred’s demise, calling him the “Merchant of Death.”
Alfred read the story in the paper, horrified. Certainly, he had invented dynamite, but to be remembered as the merchant of death? Albert rewrote his will in a crisis of conscience, bequeathing his vast estate to a higher cause. Today, we remember him by the award his fortune funded: The Nobel Prize.
Who remembers today that Alfred Nobel made his fortune by inventing dynamite? We remember him for his philanthropy that honors luminaries who excel without regard to nationality.
Psalm 34:4–5, 8 tells us:
“I sought the LORD, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!”
We don’t have to be ashamed of who we once were. We can be remembered as servants of the King. Our legacy will be found in our good works for Christ, for in him we find our refuge, and in him, we are established by the power of his right hand.
The time for change is today. Let’s place our feet on the rock of Christ and stand firm for him!
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