Your Inheritance...

Message for the week-

by Pastor David Wale Feso.

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all. Gal 4:1

An heir is one who has the right to the inheritance. The bible lets us know that you have an inheritance.

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Colossians 1:12.

So we are supposed to be partakers of the inheritance. There is an inheritance for you in Christ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Eph 1:3

The believer is already blessed with all spiritual blessings. That means you’ve got the blessings for finances, you’ve got the blessing for a great marriage, you’ve got the blessing to never see accidents, you’ve got the blessing to always experience promotions, etc. You have all spiritual blessings. But when you look at your life do you see all these blessings? If not, so what is the issue? That is what we are looking at:  

 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Eph 1:7-8

He is saying we have grace lavished on us; but are you seeing the grace work?

You are blessed but you are broke. You are blessed but you are sick. You are blessed but you had an accident. So why are all these things happening? Some will say; “when I got born again, they told me that I am going to be free from bad habits, and I’ve tried to be free but I am still bound to it”. So what is the cause of the discouragement? They were not rightly taught.

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. Acts 20:32

He says the word of His grace would build you up and deliver your inheritance into your hands. So as a child of God you need to be aware of this, that the fact that God said something and you are not seeing that thing happen in your life now, God is not to blame. The issue is my relationship with His word. So your inheritance would not be given to you unless you are built up.

To illustrate this; imagine a king who died and his first son was just one year old, that son can’t rule. Even though that child is the king, he is just one year old so he cannot rule. That is how many of God’s people are; they are children of God, blessed with all spiritual blessings but they cannot enjoy it. Why? Because they have refused to grow. So if you would not grow, there are a lot of things which God has loaded for you but you would not enjoy. This is not because God hates you, but because you are a child (babe).

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 2 Peter 1:2

The word ‘grace’ is from the Greek word ‘Charis’; it refers to favour. That scripture can be read as favour and peace be multiplied unto you. This means that there are levels of favour and there are levels of peace. So the level of favour you are enjoying is traceable to your knowledge.

The word knowledge is the word ‘Epignosis’ in the Greek. This is knowledge with recognition. Its knowledge that gives you an awareness of the reality of what you know. For instance there are people who don’t know why we do not fall over? It’s the law of gravity. Gravity attracts everything to the centre. As you grow, you get to learn about gravity in school and you get to know all the facts, this make you are aware of the reality of the force called gravity.

Now the little boy knows that he is not going to topple over even as he is walking, but he doesn’t know what gravity is; he doesn’t recognize gravity. But for you, you have the epignosis of gravity. You are not only aware of gravity you know how gravity works. That if I throw something up, it is going to come down. This is the kind of knowledge Paul the apostle was talking about in 2 Peter 1:2.

So in your life, the level of peace you enjoy in your heart and in your life is dependent on the level of knowledge of God’s word that you have. The level of favour you enjoy is also dependent on your level of knowledge of God’s word that you posses.

When Jesus was in the boat with His disciples and water began to come into the boat because of the storm that was against them, when they woke Him, Jesus asked them where is your faith? Why are you so fearful? So the issue of fear has nothing to do with prayer, it is knowledge. So grace and peace is multiplied through knowledge.

A gun was pointed at one of our brothers, and he told the guy who pointed the gun at him that; “you can’t shoot me”, he answered and said; “I will shoot you”, and he replied and said; “it won’t work”. The guy shot, and it didn’t work. Why? He knew. He had been taught the word of God. Some other Christian would have died that night.

Your deliverance in the day of trouble is what you know. The bible says in Psalm 91:4 that; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. So the ignorant man is not safe. You need to be aware of God’s commitment to protect you and to keep you safe. Get a hold of that word and let it sink into your spirit.