100X

By Phil Schmidt
Latin America ChildCare

I’m reading a book by Bob Buford entitled “Halftime”. The premise of the book is that he spent the first half of his life being successful. He built a flourishing business, earned all the money he needed and was admired by many in what he had accomplished. His personal, business and spiritual life were the model of success. The second half of his life he wanted to move from success to significance making a lasting impact and legacy that would far outlast any personal success and even his years spent on this earth.

Buford states; “None of us knows when he will die. But any of us, if we wish, may select our own epitaph.”

The one Buford has chosen for himself is simple – 100X.

100X means “100 times”. Taken from the parable of the sower in Matthew 13.

3 Then he (Jesus) told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 He who has ears, let him hear.”

Simply stated, Buford wants to be remembered as a seed that was planted in good soil and was multiplied a hundred fold.

That’s exactly how I want to live. As I live my passion, my commitments to my family and the ministry that God has placed in my care, I want to leave a legacy that is a symbol of a higher yield both in my life and in my death. Fruit that will remain not just in the short term – but for an eternity.

100X — An epitaph that is not just carved into the granite stone of a tombstone, but that lives in what I have accomplished through how I lived my life and lasts for an eternity.

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About the Author
Phil Schmidt serves as President & Executive Director for Latin America ChildCare (LACC), a ministry of compassion that ministers to the needs of children living in extreme poverty. In partnership with a local church, LACC provides educational, spriritual and physical care to more than 100,000 children in 21 countries throughout the Latin America & Caribbean region.

Visit Phil’s blog at www.philorischmidt.com. Learn more about LACC at www.lacc4hope.org.

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