Heritage

Jesus Calling took me to Psalm 119:105 today. That section starts "Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path"; one of my favorites!! As I kept reading, verses 111-112 intrigued  me.

Your statues are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.

The word heritage made me want to explore these verses a little further. And when I say "explore", I mean how the Holy Spirit is leading me, not anything very theological - I am CERTAINLY no expert on the Bible unfortunately.  I'm going to use Priscilla Shirer's 5 P's of devotional time (for more info on that read this blog).

Postion: Lord, help me to learn more about You today.

Paraphrase the text: Lord, your Word is my heritage forever.  It makes me joyful! I will follow You for the rest of my life..

Pull out the spiritual principles:

• Heritage means something you've inherited; legacy, something of value, a tradition, etc. So God's statues, His laws in the Bible, are something that I have inherited by being a child of God. God wants me to value His Word and what He says in it.  I read from the NIV version today.  The NLT version says it like this, "Your laws are my treasure".  I love this! God wants us to treasure His Word.
• God wants me to take joy in His laws.  The NLT says "they are my heart's delight". 
• I need to be determined to follow God until the very end... and beyond! 

Pose a Question:

Do I really treasure the Word of God like it is my heritage? The answer to that question makes me disappointed with myself, yet at the same time, SO GRATEFUL for God's grace over my shortcomings. How amazing is our God that He grafts us into His family when we become His children, and He gives us an inheritance of priceless value?! I am so undeserving.

Something that also has struck me about this concept is this: God wants us to treasure His Word; get to know it, spend time in it, learn it, practice it, etc.  Ultimately, His way of doing things is always THE BEST WAY! So learning His Word and doing "life" God's way is actually what's best for us.  It's what we need.  God knows this of course, which is why He tells us to treasure His Word.  He always wants what's best for us.  

Feeling very overwhelmed by His incredible love today, and so grateful for the inheritance my Father has given to me.