Leaving A Legacy: Cathedrals and Oak Trees

A thousand years ago when Christians were building a cathedral, it would take most of a man’s lifetime to complete a cathedral.

As part of the construction project, they would plant Oak trees.

Why?

It takes 200-400 years for an Oak tree to grow to maturity.

Those building the cathedral knew that at some point the cathedral would need repairs so they planted the trees necessary so hundreds of years later, they could be harvested for the wood needed.

Our generation has become short-term focused rather than legacy-focused.

Your greatest fruit may come from your great, great grandchildren, men and women you will never meet during this lifetime.

But your faithfulness in this generation is like planting oak trees to be harvest 200, 300, 400 years from now (if the Lord should tarry).

We may not save our church, our community, or our country from the evils of the Socialist/Fascist Spirit of the Age now assaulting this world, but we can plant the seeds of the gospel in the hearts of our children, grandchildren, and, if the Lord blesses, our great-grandchildren that those seeds may bear fruit.