I am their inheritance

I am their inheritance

Scripture:- “‘I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession Ezekiel 44:28

Observation:- In this verse in Ezekiel, we are reminded yet again of the lot of the priests. At first, they seem deprived compared to the other tribes in Israel because they are to have no possession of land. However, far more precious is their inheritance for the Lord Himself is there for them.

For those in full time ministry and especially mission work, the world usually cannot understand why these people would give up comfortable lives with stable incomes for lives with many physical and material hardships and even serious endangerment to them and their family. They are heroes of faith because they have recognized that this world was only temporary and they long for a better country, a heavenly one. And God has prepared a beautiful city for them, as He has promised.

Jesus promised his disciples in Mark 9, “Truly I tell you, no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

When we have nothing but God, and lean totally on Him for help, our lives will be so different. Then we cannot help but live life by faith day by day, and trust in Him and see the miracles that He provides to save us.

Application: In the New Testament, all of us in Jesus Christ are priests, being part of a royal priesthood to God. Our true inheritance is not in worldly things but in the almighty, living God. We need to never fail to forget that all that we have here is only temporary – riches, fames, achievement. Only our faith and obedience to God counts.

Prayer: Lord, You alone are my inheritance. Let my trust ever be in You alone. Though all else may fail, and the worldly things fade away, let my heart and mind always be true to You, O Lord. Even so, Lord Jesus, come. In Jesus name, Amen.