Promised Land. I’m not alone. He is rising up leaders in every nation to call
forth this generation so it may claim its inheritance as sons and daughters.
past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain
to you. When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up
boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. For
the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.� Deuteronomy
32:7-9
is a faithful God who is true to His Word. So the question I want to challenge
my generation with is, “Why aren’t you claiming what He is freely giving?� I echo the prayer the Apostle Paul had
for the Ephesians and speak it over my generation.
enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the
riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great
power for us who believe.� Ephesians 1:18-19a
beat a little faster at the mention of His name. He is beckoning you, “Will you
trust me? Come away with me.� He is calling forth a generation that will live
in reckless abandonment for His glory. The world won’t understand it. Dare I
say, fellow Christians won’t understand it either and will judge you for
it. Their pride will be their
downfall.
in total surrender. Saying “yes� in the Spirit even when your flesh says “no
way.� You inherit the Lord’s resurrection power.
which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at
His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power
and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age
but also in the one to come.� Ephesians 1:19b-21
Need for approval? Past mistakes? A hard heart? Criticism? Uncertainty? Not
having all the answers up front?
look right. Don’t look left. Look up.
the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the
left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the
Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be
careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and
successful.� Joshua 1:7-8
