Last week when I was researching Faith, for my ladies meeting bible study, I discovered a word that will forever change my thinking about Faith.¬†¬† In Hebrews 11, our “hall of faith” chapter – it talks about all the men of faith in the word who lived their life with the greatest faith man has ever seen.¬† Abraham, Isaac, Jacob did magnificent things by faith. Even Enoch was taken to heaven in a chariot, a product of his faith. Yet, in Hebrews 11:39, it says, “none of them received what had been promised.” But their faith was not in vain! They did not die empty handed, not having received their blessings…instead, what they toiled for is waiting for us, their heirs, to posess. “So that only together, with us would they be made perfect.” We not only have an ownership in the fruits of their faith-labor, but we have responsibility over them! We have a responsibility as heirs to Abraham to walk in these blessings daily….for the perfection of their faith, and ours.
I see it like the ultimate inheritance….one that is out there just sitting in some courts lock box, unknown to us, until one day that box is opened revealing ownership to a wealthy estate. The day the letter is read and the keys to the property are handed to us, is not the day we become the owner – the property is already ours, sitting there in that little dark vault, with our name on it, claiming our inheritance.
When I read Hebrews 11, my heart just leaped with this new understanding. Just because I can look around at my life right now and pin point my obvious situation, does not mean that “someday” hasn’t arrived yet. I’m rejoicing today, that despite my sometimes hopeless situation, bills to pay, car repairs, the groceries to purchase, fighting the flu and every other issue in life…MY name is written in the pages of time as an heir to a promise, an heir to Abraham’s blessings.
Claiming “yes, Abraham’s blessings are mine” sent chills through the air in my home and gave me a new freedom, a new way to worship God, for my inheritance and my blessings!