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Monday, November 8, 2010

Who are we giving our inheritance to?

So I was listening to Mike Bickle today, and he was talking about why Jesus had to be a human in order to take over the earth. When God gave Adam authority over the earth, the earth became his to do with whatever he pleased. When Adam sinned, after Satan tricked him, he gave ownership of the earth to Satan. The devil received authority over everything that was supposed to be our inheritance. Because the earth was meant for human rule, Jesus had to become fully human in order to win it all back. We all know that He did that on the cross and when He comes back He will claim that which He won, but while Mike spoke on this I had an idea. Adam was created to govern the earth. The rule of the earth was his inheritance, and by sinning he gave it up.  So, what are we doing when we sin? The Lord has an inheritance for us all that can never be taken away, but there are some things (or many things) that will either be given to us or withheld from us in the age to come depending on how we choose to live in this age. When we sin, are we giving our inheritance to the devil in a sense? Our sin only increases his hold in our lives. It holds us back from walking in the fullness of what God has called us to. So, even though he won't ever receive the rewards that we will in the future, it seems to me that when we sin and when we choose not to walk worthy of our highest calling that we're just giving all of those rewards to Satan just as Adam did. I know that we all will most likely be struggling with sin for most of the rest of out lives, and that we can only overcome sin through leaning on God, but I feel like this should give us a greater resolve in our fight. I'm not sure about you, but I DO NOT want to be giving the ultimate gifts and rewards that were designed specifically for me by my Heavenly Father to the prince of this age. Those were made for me, and I intend to fall down and get right back up and run into Jesus' arms as many times as it takes to overcome my struggles and live a life counted worthy of what He has for me. I know that this a journey and none of it will happen overnight, but I'm going to try my very hardest to get to where I need to as fast as the Lord will allow me to. I want to become closer to Him and His heart than anyone else has before, and I won't be satisfied trying for anything less. This whole post may seem a little jumpy or like its lacking a definite point that I'm trying to make. I'm pretty tired while typing this. I had this burning inside of me though, and I had to get it out. Take from it what you will. These are just my thoughts.