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BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF GREATER
BATON ROUGE
& Adoniram Judson, Jr. Mission and Ministries Center
10560 Airline Highway ~ Baton
Rouge, LA 70816
Phone: (225) 296-3943
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Dear BAGBR Church,
Isaiah 39: 2 "There was
nothing in his house...that
Hezekiah did not show them."
After Hezekiah had recovered from his terminal sickness, he had visitors
from Babylon who expressed
their gratitude for his
recovery. Out of gratitude
for their "kind
expressions," Hezekiah
showed them all of his
wealth and glory, never
dreaming that he was
revealing his treasures to
the very nation that would
conquer and take his nation
into exile. One hundred
years later Jerusalem would
be sacked by Babylon. The
prophet Isaiah rebuked
Hezekiah for his foolishness
in this regard, yet Hezekiah
was not bothered because his
days would be lived out in
peace (v. 8).
Do we ever think about our present day decisions and actions from the
perspective of how they may
result in sorrows and
difficulties for our
children in years to come?
It seems that Hezekiah was
more self absorbed in his
last years. Is it possible
that many live the last 15
years of their life for
themselves to the extent
that they are doing their
children and subsequent
generations a great
disservice? If we were
knowingly granted another 15
years of life, what would we
do, how differently would we
live? I believe we should
learn from Hezekiah on how
not to live, and instead be
motivated by his mistakes to
live differently. Rather
than cruising into
retirement and finding ways
to bless ourselves, we could
embrace this last season of
life and find ways to bless
others, help others, extend
His kingdom, and live for
Christ at a deeper level
with greater passion and
zeal. Granted, because of
age we may not be able to go
and do as we once did when
we were younger, but we
should be mindful to "not"
set in motion things that
will reduce the quality of
our days, the quantity of
days we have left. We
should recognize what things
really matter, and not be
upset by some things, but
passionate about important
things, and focused on those
things that are above and
not below. When we die,
most people will not
remember the distant past
but only the last 15 years
of our life.
May it be said, "We did not
spend our days counting
them, but we made our days
count."
In
Christ,
Tommy Middleton
< Read
more about Dr. Middleton >
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Rouge in the notes section include
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The Baptist
Association's Mission |
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The
Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge has as
its present mission (A) to establish new
relationships between both the churches and pastors;
(B) to strengthen existing relationships of the
churches and members through a commitment to a
vision for kingdom growth that is larger than the
local church. This commitment can be evaluated by
the degree to which the local church members will
penetrate their community with the Gospel of Jesus
Christ through family and community orientation and
social involvement that exemplifies the caring and
sharing nature of Jesus Christ.
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