Focus On The Focus: Part 5

Focus on THE Focus---Passing on the Torch

“Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”—Numbers 8:3

There was a funeral on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem for a Jewish man from New York who had lived a long life and died peacefully. Yet when his son read his eulogy, everyone had tears in their eyes. The son spoke about a man who was simple and poor. He spoke about how when he was younger, he was embarrassed by his father, but as he grew older, his respect for his father grew.

The son was sorry that he only came to appreciate his father when it was “too late” but was proud that he was continuing his father’s legacy by raising his children in Jerusalem where they wouldn’t have a luxurious life, but a meaningful one. The son concluded his eulogy: “Dad, you didn’t have much to leave behind, but you left behind EVERYTHING that matters.”

Our children, our families and all with whom The Holy Spirit brings into our lives are ours not by fate or coincidence but by divine design!  We see them as gifts from God to whom WEPASS ON His Love, and how to know Him personally!


My father did not leave much behind, a few papers, a worn leather wallet, a police badge and a pair of handcuffs. But my mother told me about three months before he murdered, he started reading his Bible, praying, and attended a little red Baptist church in the rural South Carolina. 

Today his son reads his Bible, prays, and serves as pastor of Cornerstone Assembly, the greatest church in North Carolina!  Perhaps I am a little prejudice.  Make you past a torch burning bright with faith and love for God to those around you!  Be blessed! Focus on Passing the Torch!

Rev. John Watford
Senior Pastor
www.nbcornerstone.com