Psalms 49:11 (KJV)
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
What David observed in his day hasn’t changed at all. People still “call their lands after their own names.”
David did it too. It was “the city of David,” wasn’t it?
2 Samuel 5:9 (KJV)
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
We actually call the place our house sits on McKenzie Mountain.
Many of the streets (and parks) in Republic are named after people whose life stories are completely unknown to me. There are cities, towns, and regions all over the U.S. named Lafayette or Fayetteville, and the majority of Americans have no knowledge of why.
Here’s the thing: while it may not be wrong to name something after a person or perhaps even after yourself, it is completely foolish to think such an act will make your memory last much longer than the generation in which you live.
But you personally—you can live much longer than your memory. You can live in the presence of God eternally.
I’d like to leave a work that outlasts me—perhaps by many generations. That’s one of the reasons I write.
But if my life on earth is completely forgotten once my grandchildren pass, it’s okay. I know my name is written in the Lamb’s book of life, and with Him I will not be forgotten.
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