The Ultimate Heritage
He that dwelleth “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler” (Psa 91:1-4).
The Ultimate Heritage
The Lord is our refuge and fortress. The Lord is our deliverer, shield, and buckler. He has built a fortress, a fortified bomb shelter and secret hiding place for us in times of storm and terror. In Him we trust. This is the heritage of the children of God.
“In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
“Behold, they shall surely assemble but not by me: whoever shall assemble against thee shall fall for thy sake” (Isa 54:14,15).
Evil will not come near us, and our portion is to be established in righteousness and be far removed from terror and oppression. All who rise against us shall fall for our sake, for no weapons fashioned against us shall prosper: this is the heritage of the saints of God.
Because the Lord is our shelter and fortress, we shall not be afraid of terror by night or the evil things and bad news that take place daily. For He has promised:
“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
“For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone” (Psa 91:7, 10-12).
Angelic protection is our inheritance. The Holy Ghost, who is the Commander of the angels, gives them orders to watch over us in our ways. He instructs them to make sure no evil befalls us and to carry us so we don’t trip, stumble, or fall.
“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
“With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation” (Psa 91:15,16).
Long life and prosperity are the heritage of the children of God. This is a vital inheritance for us to tap into today. God has promised to satisfy us with long life, and we can go home to be with Him when we are satisfied.
In the fifteenth verse, God said He will answer us when we call upon Him. We understand from the section above that the opportunity to pray is a vital part of our heritage. God is assuring us here that when we pray He will answer. He says that when we’re in trouble and we call upon Him, He will answer and will be with us through the hard time. He will carry us through the fire so we’re not burnt, and through the flood so we won’t perish. This is the heritage of the children of God.
God speaks to us. He answers us when we call. He reveals His mind to us. He guides us in the way to go. This is part of our inheritance. Revealed knowledge of God, revelation knowledge, is part of the inheritance of the saints in light. It belongs to us when we dwell in the secret place of the Most High.
He dwells in us and desires to talk to us and for us to speak to Him. The benefit of the inward witness is our heritage. It does not matter where we are—on the mountain, in the valley, in the air, or in the sea—the Lord can lead us by the inward witness. Whether in the church service or on the football field, He can speak to us and reveal His wondrous works unto us. He dwells in us and therefore can communicate to us anywhere, anytime. And we can have fellowship with Him anywhere, anytime.
We Are Overcomers
Yes, He dwells in me, and “greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). The Holy Spirit dwells within me. I am filled with His Spirit, and this itself is the proof of my inheritance. The first chapter of Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians tells us that we are sealed by the Holy Spirit when we first believe, and that the Holy Spirit is the guarantee or down payment of our inheritance.
The Amplified Bible renders this passage this way:
“In Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings of your salvation, and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit.
“That [Spirit] is the guarantee of our inheritance [the firstfruits, the pledge and foretaste, the down payment on our heritage], in anticipation of its full redemption and our acquiring [complete] possession of it—to the praise of His glory” (Eph 1:13,14 Amplified).
The Holy Spirit, which He has given us, is the guarantee that the fullness of our inheritance will be ours at the fullness of time. Beside all the blessings that we enjoy because of the presence of the Holy Spirit in us and with us, we can gain access to a vast amount of our inheritance through the ministry of the Holy Spirit in us. And if the Holy Spirit is a down payment, how immeasurably great must our inheritance be? Blessed be God Almighty forevermore!
God dwells in me. I carry Him with me wherever I go. Because He’s in me, I am a sure winner anywhere, anytime. I am born to win. This is the heritage of the children of God.
“For whatever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1 John 5:4,5)
Every born-again child of God is a world-overcomer. That’s our heritage because we’re born of God and because we are partakers of the Blood of Jesus Christ. We are born overcomers. And we “overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony” (Rev 12:11).
We overcome all attacks, both internal and external, by the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, we live in divine health because the blood of Jesus flows through us. We overcome every external attack by the blood of Jesus that covers us. And we overcome the enemy, when we are on the offensive by the blood; “For the gates of hell shall not prevail against us” (Mat 16:18). This is the heritage of the church of Jesus Christ.
“The church is marching on,
The church is marching on,
The gates of hell shall not prevail,
The church is marching on!”
Here, the church is bombarding the domain of hell. We are attacking their gate and about to pull it down and smash it into smithereens. And by the Blood of the Lamb, we will overcome.
“And I say also to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church: and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
“And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven” (Mat 16:18-19).
This is the authority of the believer. The Lord has given us the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. This is the heritage of the saints of the Most High God. It’s now our responsibility to stand up and possess our possession. This inheritance is for us to tap into today, not for a future time. We have been born to reign in the realm of life. God has raised us up with Him, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We are seated far above all principalities and powers. That’s our heritage. We’ve been born to reign in life as kings (Rom 5:17).
“Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
“I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said to me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
“Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thy inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession” (Psa 2:6-8).
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the King set on the holy Mount Zion. He is the King of kings, and we, His body, are the kings—His under-rulers. The King of kings and the kings are in Mount Zion. The saints have been born into a royal family and form the royal priesthood. That is the heritage of the elect of God. We are a kingdom of priests where everyone is both a king and a priest.
“Ye have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.
“Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for all the earth is mine” (Exo 19:4,5).
All the earth belongs to our Father God, and in the passage quoted above from the book of Psalms, He told us to ask of Him the whole earth for an inheritance. God’s purpose in these passages of Scripture is to reveal to us that the whole earth is our inheritance. He says that we are His peculiar treasure, that He has brought us to Himself, that we should ask Him for the earth for a possession, and that all the earth is His. In other words, He is telling us not only that the earth is our inheritance but also that we can begin to possess this inheritance if we ask.
God Is Our Inheritance
“The Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them. I AM thy part, and THINE INHERITANCE, among the children of Israel” (Num 18:20).
We have reached the climax. The crescendo of our discussion is here—God Himself is our inheritance. We have explored a few things that the Scriptures categorically state are the heritage of the children of God, but this sums it all up. Christ Jesus our Lord is the rightful heir of all things, and the Scriptures are telling us that as the priests of the Most High God, we have Him as our inheritance.
This was a very satisfactory arrangement for priests in Israel. They could not own any land in Israel, but they could have GOD Himself as the source of their supply and their portion forever. The Psalmist caught up in this thought, sang in satisfaction:
“The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. Yea, I have a goodly heritage” (Psa 17:5-6).
Jeremiah sang a beautiful song in the same vein saying, “It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
“The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore, will I hope in him” (Lam 3:22-24).
Yes, our inheritance is God Himself! That is the inheritance of the kings and priests of the Kingdom of God. Not just golden harps, mere golden streets, walls of jasper, pearly gates, or some small cabin in the corner of Gloryland. And definitely not wings with which to fly away in the evil day, like cowards. That’s not the heritage of the sons of God. We are more than conquerors, kings, overcomers, and heirs of all the communicable glories of God’s divine nature and power.
To know Him, to explore and inherit His Kingdom, to live on His fullness, to discover new territories in the Kingdom of God and of His Christ, to see His glory, and be changed into His likeness—this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord. Glory to God in the Highest!