Beautiful Inheritance Part I

Here are some notes from the Beth Moore conference that I went to a few weeks ago.  I'm leaving out a lot of amazing detail...but I wanted to share this!  I'll do the rest in part II soon!  

Psalm 16:5-6

The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup, you hold my lot.  The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places, indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance."  

He redeems, not just to get us out of trouble, but to give us something incredible...an inheritance!

His inheritance always involves 3 things:

1.  Presence- promise to His people of Himself (Genesis 26:23 and Joshua 1:9)

2. People- God's whole idea is relationship (Psalm 16:3, Revelation 7:9, Genesis 12:3, Genesis         22:17-18, Deuteronomy 4:20)

3. Property-  Psalm 16:5 "you have made my lot secure"

So, we have a promise as heirs of God...His presence, His people, and property in Heaven!

1.  I am an heir of God.  My life is not left to chance!

     God works as powerfully through the natural events that He does the miraculous ones!

     Fate has NO power over me!

2.  I am an heir of God.  I am inheriting a kingdom.

     Matthew 25:34

     What do we have now?  Right now we are tenants of the talents.

     Spiritually, we have been brought into the kingdom (Colossians 1:12)

     Heaven is a real-life kingdom!  (not just a bunch of ghost people floating around!)

3.  I am an heir of God.  He is my portion...and I am His.

     Psalm 16, Deuteronomy 10:8-9

     Tribe of Levi was set apart.  they did not have a lot- the Lord told them that He was their         portion

     The Lord tells them that He is the only inheritance that they need.

     1 Peter 2:4-5 We are the New Testament priesthood

     The Lord is our choice portion!

     The Levitical priests were spread out over the earth to be light.  As light in darkness, He is          my portion!  

    Deuteronomy 4:20, 32:9- He considers His own people His inheritance

    Ephesians 1:18 His glorious inheritance IN us, not for us!

    The Lord's treasured possession is His people!

There are 8 statements total...I'll blog a part II later this week!  

P.S.  My doctor's appt. is tomorrow and we're closing on our house tomorrow!  I'll update and post pics soon!  :)

Greet each day knowing that you are an heir of God!  You are His portion, His chosen portion!