Our father’s
hand has a very important role in the family. He is our strength, our strong
pillar, and our guide. He is responsible for our future, our inheritance. He
teaches us to stand on our own feet, to take responsibility for our actions, to
learn how to be the loving and caring parent to our own children. When we are
born we inherit different things from our parents; hair, eyes, nose, hands, and
also part of their personality. God takes all these parts and then He creates a
brand new person.
When our earthly father dies we also
receive an inheritance, there are times that it includes money, land, items,
and all his personal effects, but it also includes spiritual things. When we
get the Holy Ghost we then have a covenant with our father in heaven, and we
then pass this covenant onto our children. It could be preachers, singers,
teachers, organizers, and many other gifts.
If you check your family tree you’ll
find when grandma & grandpa pass away someone else in the family general
begin to do the same work as they did. My father was a minister & teacher
for 33 years and when he died he passed these onto his 4 heirs. Now my sister
preached & taught the same way he did till Jesus chose to take her home
too.
Our father in heaven does the same
thing; we also have an inheritance with God the father. When we get the Holy
Ghost we began a journey like we never thought we could have in our lifetime.
When we do something wrong, he corrects us and when we do something right, he
rewards us. It’s never ending, always learning, always growing.
When
I was a teenager I received the Holy Ghost and for a long time I had thought it
is suppose to be big God and little me. I was afraid of God, of what he might
do to me if I made a mistake. I was afraid to try and do something for him. I
never spoke to anyone about him; I didn’t want to open my mouth when I sang
because I didn’t want anyone to hear me. But over the years of praying and
studying, and talking to the Lord himself I realized just how much I was wrong.
He is a very loving father with a gentle touch. One touch of his hand can
change everything, the blind man could see, the dead was raised, water was
changed to wine, demons were extracted from men, leprosy was cleansed, peace
was exchanged, and the list goes on from the beginning of time. As his children
we have a chance to do this every single day, in song, in preaching, in
singing, in teaching, and even in the smile we carry on our very own face. We
are a blessed generation and it’s time we claim our inheritance in God.
In Luke
15 it talks about the prodigal son. He tried
to step back and even tried to run from his inheritance, but when he came to
his senses he returned home hoping he could at least be a servant in his
father’s home. But his father saw him afar off, and greeted him with open arms,
I‘m even sure that every day his father would look for him hoping he would
return home to his father and his inheritance. Our father in heaven does the
same thing. You cannot run from your inheritance or from the work He has chosen
that no one but you can do and no one can do it for us.
When our earthly father dies, all
the family gathers together to read a will. It is a promise that we will
receive certain items and the law will stand by you. In Acts 10 it is called
the Promised Land, we have a promised inheritance. In Hebrews 11 it is called
the holy land, in Zechariah 2 it is called the Lord’s land, in Isaiah 8 it is
called Beulah Land, and we all want to go to this wonderful land one day.
My father’s 20th anniversary of his
death was this past May and I still miss him very much but I will see him
again, for he is waiting for me at the heavenly gates with my baby brother
Glenn and my sister Susan, passing the time with the prophet Paul and my great
grandfather, whom everyone called Cyclone Young. When my father died I began to
rely on my father in heaven even more than before. God is now my pillar, my
strength, my faith, my helper, my teacher, and when I need Him I can feel His
gentle touch on my shoulder.
He promised He would never forsake
us and we need to continue standing on that promise. We can all have this, we
just need to ask. He wants to be there when you need Him but you have got to
stand on His promises. That’s right all of them not just one. It is time we
claim our inheritance from our father in heaven, it is time we come together
and open up the will and read what is for us. It is called the Holy Bible. Step into
the promises and the works He has made just for His heirs, the children of God.
His arms and His heart is open, so without any more delay step up and claim
your promises today.
Written by: Karen ReNee
