#glorious inheritance

Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.

Isaiah 61:7 NIV

We must stand together by agape; enlightened by the light of truth

A little leaven “leaveneth the whole lump”; a little spark, properly attended to becomes a raging conflagration. This is a principle all of God’s Oracle gives credence to. It is the same principle by which we ought to combat and push back the darkness of doctrines not founded in Christ…not distilled from His comely essence. A little truth, properly attended to by meditation and absolute reliance…

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

A couple of things about this verse are really hitting me this morning. I know, they are all simple realizations but they are still awakening me to the Lord's heart. First, the overwhelming understanding that this is what I should be praying for people. So many times I strike out when I pray for someone I don't know very well because I don't know what I should be praying over. What circumstances are they going through? What are they struggling with? What encouragement do they need to hear? While reading this verse I realized this is it. This is the very thing that matters. If we were to start praying this over people they wouldn't have once spot in their life not covered by Christ. This is a prayer for knowledge of God, wisdom, hope, and understanding of the Lord's love. I'm pretty sure that is the ultimate prayer. Besides that, lets take in his holy people. I have heard this verse a thousand times and today I just know really understood that I am his holy people! That is enough to bring me to tears. I am a far from perfect being. I make mistakes. I turn away from the orders God gives me. But yet, I am one of his holy people. That is the biggest honor. The last thing that got me is that I have a glorious inheritance. That is beautiful. I am the Lord's daughter (I know that sounds lame) and I have an inheritance that is greater than any other inheritance I could have on earth.