Have you Invested in a Spiritual Trust Fund?

Have you thought about investing in a spiritual trust fund for your grandchildren and future descendants? We may not have wealth to pass on to our children, grandchildren, and future descendants, but we can give them a spiritual trust fund.

Author, Jennifer Kennedy Dean shares in her book, The Legacy of Prayer, about a spiritual trust fund that will only increase in value with time. She writes, “We can leave behind for our descendants a spiritual trust that can never be stolen, squandered, or lost. We can lay up a storehouse of imperishable wealth by praying for our grandchildren and future generations. Our prayers are deposits in their spiritual trust fund and will be there for withdrawals when needed.”[1]

According to Isaiah 55:11, “God’s Word will not return empty.” When we claim the promises in His Word and pray according to His will, I believe God hears our prayers and then saves them for the right time to answer according to His time, which may not be our timing.

Our descendants do not inherit salvation. Nevertheless, we can pray our descendants will live in a constant awareness of God’s presence and be firmly established in His Word. It will prepare their hearts for the time when they are presented an opportunity to step into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  

Jennifer Kennedy Dean also writes, “As we seek the Lord ourselves, we are laying up treasures for our grandchildren and future generations by the way God is reflected in our lives. As we invest in our own walk with the Lord and our prayers for our grandchildren and future generations, we are investing in eternity.”[2] Now that is a great investment return we would all enjoy seeing.

Ask yourself: Do I have a Spiritual Trust Fund for my grandchildren and future descendants?

Prayer


Dear Lord, thank you for my family. Give me a greater passion to pray for them.

Satan is seeking to destroy our families. Help me to be more intentional in praying for them.

May all those generations who come after me find me faithful?                            

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

[1] Jennifer Kennedy Dean, Legacy of Prayer, Birmingham, New Hope Publishers, p. 15.

2. Ibid p 48–49

By Lillian Penner, National Prayer Coordinator, Christian Grandparenting Network